Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff answers:

Once the ground is tilled – buying your seed is cheap. And the thrill of watching your garden grow is exciting. PLus – with your own garden it’s natural – no pesticides which is much healthier for you. Being able to pull a carrot right out of the soil – wipe off the dirt – eat it right away – what a difference in taste compared to store bought. Everything in the garden tastes better. And it’s so cool to be able to go to your garden for fresh veggies or herbs to make your supper. Nothing like it!!

GardenersCardiff answers:

Vegetables seeds are fairly inexpensive. For about $1.50 you can buy a pack of green bean seeds and get about 50 plants. These 50 plants will produce about 20 pounds of green beans. Green beans sell for about $2 a pound right now. So you save about $40.

You can purchase a bell pepper plant and a single plant if watered and fertilized on a regular basis will produce about 30 to 40 peppers per plant. Using your math of $1 for 2, this would save you $15 to $20 per year. A pepper plant costs about $2 to purchase.

Strawberries cost about $15 for about 25 plants. This will generate about 20 to 30 pints of strawberries. Fresh strawberries sell for about $2.50 per pint. You can freeze fresh strawberries for recipes that you produce that you cannot eat. I buy only fresh in the winter when my plants are not producing and I use my frozen crop for deserts. So you can save anywhere from $50 to $60 in the summer and have left over for the winter. Strawberries are a perennial so they come back every year with minimal care. I have two patches in my yard.

GardenersCardiff answers:

They will eat fresh foods direct from their garden and won’t worry about the fertilizers used to grow them.They will save them time and money.It’s cheaper.