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[quote=Anonymous]It IS possible to save money by growing your own vegetables, but you have to be smart about it. It's time consuming more than anything. You need to start your own plants from seed, not buy seedlings. You can make your own compost. I add just a tiny sprinkle of granular fertilizer (~15 bucks for a giant tub that lasts me several years) twice a season (at planting in ground, and mid-way through). I don't usually use any pesticide, but if things are looking really bad, I use a small amount of Sevin dust (don't remember what this costs- have had a small canister of this for over a decade) on just the affected plants. The biggest benefit of growing your own is the flavor -- you just can't buy produce in a supermarket that tastes nearly as good. Farmer's markets are close, but at ~$3/lb for tomatoes, ~$6 for a pint of okra, ~$3/bunch for kale or collards, the economics of growing your own start to look good.[/quote]
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