LET'S GO BRANDON
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Eating organic costs a lot more and always has. I buy in big quantities, bulk, and cook 3x a week, use the roasts etc for many many meals and soups and other dishes. Feeding 4 adults, I've been cutting down on packaged goods, and get bulk delivered. If I tried to shop at a regular grocery store and planned for whole foods, I would have 2 carts filled. Before I started buying in bulk, and before all the inflation, I still could not get out the store for under 300 bucks. I buy cases of cans, and I order from farms for large cuts of meat. I have also used Butcher Box, good stuff, grass fed meats, pastured and organic pork and poultry, and seafood. Food is a priority in the household budget. We don't go out much, and no need for new clothing as We work at home. Used cars paid for. Chickens for eggs. Buying big cuts and whole chickens or turkeys will make for a lot of good meals. Rice and pasta go a long way. I could kick myself for not growing potatos this year, those are through the roof, and it used to be a cheap staple, this growing season you bet I will be planting them again. Wasted an entire area in the garden trying to grow sweet potatos, what a joke, it was definitley hot enough, but the season is just not long enough.
If you have a enough space, save your garden! Expand it by laying a tarp out. It will kill the grass, turn it over and remove the grass roots. Then plant your potatoes. Once theyre up about six inches, lay down a thick carpet of straw. No weeding or hilling. Keep the roots and soil under the staw dark and damp (but not wet) and you'll have the prettiest batch of potatoes. We had a 12 x 15 last year and harvested over 200lbs! Only put in two lunch sack sized bags of seed potatoes in.
I used straw one year and I had a hell of a lot of earwigs chewing on the greenery. I used straw, and then covered with a row cover because potato bugs, and the earwigs set up camp, big time, that year was bad for them, they were everywhere. Nassty bugs, but they have been around since the beginning, so I have to hand them that.
Mmmmm I haven't had that experience but I exclusively use the straw. I do get a few potato beetles though. Probably dusted once last year. Thanks for the heads up! We gotta share our ideas. Make sure that every one has the ability to be self sufficient as best we can.