Another beautiful day! I neglected to plant garlic last fall, so today I planted the remainder (52 to be exact) of our 2009 garlic cloves. I also went to a few garden centers and bought: 1 package of Anaheim Pepper seeds, 1 package of Snow Pea seeds, 1 Rhubarb plant, 1 Horseradish plant, 1.5 lbs of organic German Butterball Potato seed, and 1 bag of seed starting mix. The grand total for all of these treasures was $18.13. Not bad! I got a few good deals.
Two years ago I was taking Master Gardener classes where a discussion about the value of homegrown produce was brought up. One person said that his time was worth so much that it was simply not cost effective to grow his own tomatoes, and that he would prefer to purchase tomatoes that had been shipped here from Mexico. Kind of a quirky perspective coming from a Master Gardener...
Two years later times have changed and many people have more time than money. This year I plan to keep track of how much I spend to grow food, what I harvest from my yard and the dollar value of what I have grown. I think that, particularly in these economically challenging times, it will be interesting to see how much can be produced out of a city garden.
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