Posted on 08/12/2022 10:25:04 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
When Beth Brown needs groceries, she often does her shopping in her own backyard.
Brown estimates she's saving $400 per month on groceries by growing vegetables like lettuce, squash, tomatoes and cantaloupe. The nurse and single mom of two boys said she's trying to save everywhere she can as prices skyrocket.
"The prices of food have really gone up just everywhere," Brown told CBS News. "So I have been growing a lot more vegetables to kind of keep up with that."
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“You must buy a LOT of produce to spend $100/week.”
No kidding! Based on the amount of vegetables my two kids ate when they were young and living at home, a garden would’ve saved me about $10 a month :).
Popularity... it’s almost like people will do what ever it takes to survive.
My garden has done well.
Got a great garlic crop. The onions did very well and I’m just waiting for the last few to fall over so I can pick them.
The tomatoes are going gang busters and I am canning up sauce. I planted a lot of herbs and am drying those. The potatoes are doing well, and the butternut squash is looking to produce well.
I am planting a bunch of Brussel sprouts for a fall harvest.
Well, chipmunks are not worth the effort, but you can finish harvesting your garden during hunting season.
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That is great. It’s a lot of work but rewarding.
People who grow vegetables on their property make it difficult for central planners to equitably distribute food.
Tomatoes are about two bucks each. Sweet peppers are about a buck fifty, cucumbers seventy-five cents each , green onions about a dollar a bunch. Lettuce is about a dollar sixty, mushrooms five bucks a pound, carrots a dollar a pound.
So a salad for a family of four is, two heads of lettuce, two tomatoes, a pepper, a cucumber, bunch of onions, quarter pound of mushrooms, and a carrot.
About twelve dollars for a basic salad.
That really adds up quickly.
Be mindful of your carbon footprint!
We had a lot of kale, spinach, Swiss chard, collards and tomatoes. I have bucket grown potatoes ready to harvest this week.
“Tomatoes are pretty easy to grow...morning sun, shade at the hottest time of day.”
That’s why mine died. Problem is I do not get morning sun so I left them in the sun for the afternoon. Probably why all my veggies died.
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Metmom, where are you that you are just planting Brussels for the fall harvest? And good on you!
I’m not sure I save a mountain of money by raising a garden, but we certainly eat good at my house.
Clean food, origin not in doubt, reliance on others greatly reduced. All good things.
I've got san marzano's coming along which I proudly can say I started from seed and those I will freeze and then can....best tomato for sauce....
today I made my first cucumber ferment.....can't wait.....
It is and the fresh food is so much better than anything we get in the stores.
Plus, it’s great exercise.
NH.
I’m hoping that we will have a warm enough fall for us to get a crop.
I realize that it could be a bit late to be getting them in the ground.
I did start the seeds a few weeks ago so am planting seedlings.
I’m on a learning curve with them.
This weekend is dedicated to tomato sauce. Of course, not all will be canned. Sunday supper is going to be so good.
I’ll be canning up a batch of sauce either tomorrow or Sunday, depending on how the tomatoes are ripening. Then another batch later next week.
I use Heinz sauce tomatoes for my sauce and love them. They are determinate so ripen in a very short time frame then I can pull them and start prepping the ground for next year’s garden.
Whoa! Did not know about that site!! Thanks! I successfully grew lettuce, kale and herbs all last winter under grow lights in cool basement room. Was wondering what else I could try that did not take up too much space.
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