How to Save Money When Growing Your Own Vegetables

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How to Save Money When Growing Your Own Vegetables
Updated: April 3, 2009 08:53 AM

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MILLSBORO, Del.- It seems simple enough. Save money on groceries by growing some at home. Forty-three million households reportedly plan to grow vegetables at home this year. That is a 19 percent increase from last year. But novice gardeners need to make sure they are investing in the right kind of plants to save money.
Experts say easy plants (with good returns for your investment) are: tomatoes, squash, zucchini, onions, and herbs. Bob Shipe of East Coast Garden Center estimates that produce you grow yourself costs one-fifth of what it does at the supermarket.

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[BerryBaby]

Guess again. Our water bill was outrageous from our garden growing years ago. It was less expensive to buy produce from the farm stands.

[Food Network Fan]

I would have thought your area would have GOD doing enough watering for you.

[BerryBaby]

Well, during rainy season, but that is November through April.

Thereafter, it's VERY dry when we could really use it. We can go without rain for months during the summer.

[Pluff Mudder]

That's the way we are here. Spells of wet weather and then dry spells. We get on the avg. 52-inches of rain a year. I have a drip watering system set up for my bonsai to make sure they get water every day.

[BerryBaby]

I know, the media makes it sound like we are constantly getting rain. That is far from the truth and a great misconception of our weather.