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[quote=Anonymous]It’s an expensive hobby.  very time intensive and unless you are unemployable it will be more expensive than grocery prices (even from seeds.).  Here are a few reasons:  You need to start seeds indoors growing seedlings in trays.  Then you need to make raised beds using non toxic materials and having low fencing to keep out rabbits.  You also need to buy tons of soil for the beds (or make rich compost from many many pounds of leftovers over probably a year or two.). 
 The hot summers we have here are brutal on things like tomatoes and spinach but are ok for okra, kale and cherry tomatoes.  Potato’s and onions take a lot of space and are the cheapest things you can buy at the store, I would not waste your time or space on them.  I would do beans and some hearty greens and zucchini or cucumber.  Then you need to water/weed and trellis/trim everyday during summer and do bug inspections and use soap spray for the bugs if you don’t want to use pesticides.  You will need someone to take over if you leave for vacation for a few days.  Your yields will be high all at once so you will need to use canning or freezing.  It’s a labor of love and in no way a cost savings in any possible inflation scenario but great for learning to appreciate how lucky we are to have our abundant agricultural infrastructure.  It really only makes financial sense if you cannot work or can only make pennies an hour.  [/quote]

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