Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Growing our own food is not cost-saving for most of us.
I have a nice-sized backyard in Maryland. There are rocks underneath, so it is not suitable for potatoes and carrots. You need good soil to be put, you need fertilizer, you need spray and fencing to protect it from the deer and the rabbits and vermin.
That is who ate my strawberries last summer to the root!
No way you can grow enough potatoes for a family of four, let alone tomatoes or fruit. Any idea how long it takes for a cherry, apple, or apricot tree to be of bearing fruit age?
Someone is speaking here about it who is not making sense and clearly has no idea what it takes to run even a small vegetable patch.
The cost of supplies needed to grow your own fruits and vegetables will be more than the cost of produce in the store. We do not live on an already-established farm in Pennsylvania. if you do, great. The supplies you need to grow your produce will still go up in cost.
We didn't grow strawberries. They aren't worth the effort.
In my current NoVA backyard, I have four blueberry bushes. They do provide more than we need. So, some berry bushes can be worth the effort. You do need to keep the birds out.
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