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Originally Posted by Jakke PNG
I have shitload of strawberries, currants, gooseberries, a grapevine and an appletree.
then a wide variety of herbs.
..and the usual suspects, carrots, beets, potatoes, lettuce, cucumber, zucchini, chili & tomatoes.
I like home grown stuff even though it's not worth the money/hassle if you calculate the costs and time spent on it. So much easier to just buy some genetically manipulated juicy tomatoes.  |
Time yep, but cost? I got 40kilos of tomatoes lastyear for a plant cost of 3 euros.
Peppers I got as plug plants this year, 50 for 4 euros.
eggplants are 50c a plant, and you get around 10 off there.
Everything else I grow from seed, spent 20 euros lastyear, and they´ve done me for this year again.
Makes me get out in the garden for an hour everyday, get a bit of fresh air, working from home you can easily sit in front of the computer all day.
Winter planting saves alot of $. Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale, Salad Greens, Carrots, Parsnips.
Got a fennel crop started just put in seeds today, for a October/November crop, stops them going to seed and not bulbing up if you start now.