I spent about $60 in seeds earlier this year and harvested about $15 worth of tomatoes, squashes, radishes, carrots, and green beans :) (it was a test to see what would grow in my limited sunlight garden area; this year I hope to only spend $15 on seeds to get $15 of produce :) )
Of course growing your own is cheaper. A hoe, shovel, and rake are about the only required tools. Buy heirloom seeds one time only and save seeds thereafter. If you are in the country, use a burn barrel to burn trash. Use the ashes by spreading them down between your rows of tomatoes. Compost all your yard waste, garden plants after all the harvest is done, eggshells, and coffee grounds to use as fertilizer. Find someone with horses and offer to take some horse manure off their hands and compost that at home for your garden.
I'd say little more than $200 in one-time expenses and some hard work will supply all your vegetables forever. I would also plant some fruit trees. Once established, they will bear for many years without much work.
This inflation is killer, but looking on the bright side - maybe this will force people to stop eating that GMO garbage.
Unfortunately, the non-GMO food in the grocery stores costs way more than the factory/GMO food.
I think he was saying grow your own.
When all is said and done I wonder if growing your own is really cheaper
I spent about $60 in seeds earlier this year and harvested about $15 worth of tomatoes, squashes, radishes, carrots, and green beans :) (it was a test to see what would grow in my limited sunlight garden area; this year I hope to only spend $15 on seeds to get $15 of produce :) )
Of course growing your own is cheaper. A hoe, shovel, and rake are about the only required tools. Buy heirloom seeds one time only and save seeds thereafter. If you are in the country, use a burn barrel to burn trash. Use the ashes by spreading them down between your rows of tomatoes. Compost all your yard waste, garden plants after all the harvest is done, eggshells, and coffee grounds to use as fertilizer. Find someone with horses and offer to take some horse manure off their hands and compost that at home for your garden.
I'd say little more than $200 in one-time expenses and some hard work will supply all your vegetables forever. I would also plant some fruit trees. Once established, they will bear for many years without much work.