Posted on 03/10/2022 6:43:41 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Will you save money? Maybe and maybe not.
But you will have a steady supply of fresh produce that you’ve already paid for.
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Bidet has weighed in on this subject:
“It depends.”
;-)
If Biden and the Communists have their way we’ll soon be eating our pets.
Beyond that if the shortages continue, and there’s no reason to believe they won’t, then you have food.
Therefore, it’s only worth it if you would enjoy all the other benefits of healthy eating, exercise, fresh flavor, being outdoors, and a therapeutic or family-bonding hobby.
I grow tomatoes mostly because you pick them fresh and they are significantly cheaper than a stand or store price.
I grew heirloom tomatoes. I gave them away but if I had sold them...and I know they would absolutely sell....I grew about 200 lbs....I would have made a fortune. I started from seed in my apartment. Once they were in the ground...they grew as if Jack of Beanstalk fame planted them.
My freezer is my garden. I plant and harvest constantly, without need of rain and threat of bugs or crows.
Its about availability and access.
Grow what you can eat.
Its easy to overplant tomatoes and cucumbers.
This woman is an idiot.
Quality of the end product is far superior if you use the best seed.
Much of grocery store produce are grown for shelf life, not for taste and texture and edibility.
Nature of the beast.
Problem with garden? Not all plants are suited to your location, so past some basics, the variety goes away.
You will also have the advantage of not having to buy tomatoes from Mexico, where just about all of the tomatoes in supermarkets--even upscale ones like Whole Foods--come from.
Absolutely, and variety as well. There are varieties of fruits, vegetables, and herbs that supermarkets don't fit into their selection.
Many years I've done all this, had a 25'x25' garden. Made good use, many years, with a rototiller, saving some time and effort.
And, I'm happy to say, I have the a best population of well-fed moles, chipmunks, gophers, rabbits and many other creatures to show for it.
The food is better, fresher, more fun, and available when the trucks stop running.
and they taste so much better. We did tomatoes last year for the first time. No comparison to store bought. Friends were asking us for more and the roasted chipolte salsa was off the charts.
Will you really have a steady supply of fresh produce, maybe and maybe not...
Not trying to argumentative, most of the produce the article mentioned has a relative short harvesting season, meaning you will have nothing and then an overabundance then nothing, unless you know how to can, preserve, or freeze the excess supply.
When I was a kid, we usually had 2 gardens per year, one large one in the spring where we grew most of what was listed in the article, then a fall garden with vegetables that grew in cooler weather.
Then my Mother and Grandmother, would can and freeze a ton of stuff, everything from different types of pickles, beans, peas, corn, etc..
We had 3 freezers growing up, on over the refrigerator and two chest types in garage, we also raised our own beef and pork, so we used the freezers a lot.
Now, I would agree with the article, if you like to garden then it’s fun, I like to do it, if I had the room, I would have a small greenhouse and grow stuff in there year round.
I live in NE Florida, so I don’t get snow and ice and can grow stuff year round.
when you got no money and you got no food and your life is shit and you find seeds in grandma’s cupboard what is there to lose? you put the seed in the shit and you get food. who needs job or money or food when your life got seeds in shit?
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