My bill for produce in the summer and fall has been cheaper this year and last year. The reason for that? We put in a garden last year! And this year, we added on to it to double the size.
Now, I will say, I have talked to lots of people over the past two years that hear that I have a garden and they say things like, “I don’t have room for a garden” or “I don’t have time for a garden.” Let me tell you…I didn’t have to use much of either for our garden. (Oh…well…it *does* help that Eric helps out with it too, of course.)
I will say — we did put in extra time each of these years with actually putting in the garden, but I expect to save some money (and time) next year when we don’t have to actually put in a garden. Oh — and I have also had lots of people tell me that they have junkie soil. Well…our garden solves that problem too.
In our backyard, we have what is considered a raised bed garden. Here is some information on raised bed gardening. We have less weeds because of the raised bed garden (which saves us lots of time!) and we are able to use wonderful rich soil (that we purchased) even though our soil is not good for growing.
And, if you don’t want to mess with even a raised bed garden, you can easily do container gardening!
It may be a little extra work during gardening season, but we have probably already harvested enough vegetables to where we have saved money. Okay…I probably wouldn’t have actually gone to the store and bought as much zucchini and squash as we have had (LOL), but if I *did* want to do it, I bet we have already saved money. And, even if you aren’t worried about money, let me just say that it is pretty darn sweet to be able to just pop a grape tomato in your mouth that you grew! Yum!
If you just REALLY think gardening can’t work for you, I suggest going to browse at a Farmer’s Market in your area. (Although, I love to go to the Farmer’s Market even though I garden as well.)
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