Photo By: Kitchen Gardens
Introduction
It’s true - many vegetable growers report saving hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars by growing your own food. For example, you can get a tomato carton at the store for the price of a seed packet, while you can harvest ten or more cartons for the price of that seed packet. Growing your own food is a huge example financial efficiency, and here’s how:
How Much Do You Actually Save?
Say you can grow 25 plants from the seeds in your veggie. Chili peppers cost about a dollar each at the store. Each pepper plant produces 30, which means you’ll harvest 750. Those 750 cost you $0, while it would cost you $750 from the grocery store. You just saved $750 dollars by growing pepper plants. Mind-blowing, huh?
If you grew several types of veggies this way, just imagine how much money you would be saving overall.
How Do You Do It?
It’s true, the more you do for the plant, the more you’ll harvest. Many ways to achieve this would get pricey, saving you less, but if you get creative, you won’t have to spend any further than that two dollar seed packet. Here’s how:
Fertilizer
Simmer fruit and veggie scraps from your kitchen for a liquid fertilizer.
Or, feed with leftover coffee. Coffee supports leaf growth.
Frost Protection
Cover with an old cloth or half of an old plastic water bottle.
Weed Control
Layer the ground around the plant to prevent weeds from growing around it.