Posted on 03/07/2022 1:09:13 PM PST by blam
They will be renamed “stolen election defeat gardens”.
Call them “Inflation Gardens’
Or “Survival Gardens.”
Ping.
I grow a Victory Garden every year.
Yes.
“I grow a Victory Garden every year.”
Same here. It’s a bit of work, but I enjoy it. As well as the fresh veggies.
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Gardens are a whole lot more work for a whole lot less results than most people are mentally prepared for.
I just put 15 pounds of seed potatoes in the ground last month,
I live in an apt with no room to garden but my daughter has a huge yard and real skill as a gardener. Her veggies are always the best. Whenever I go up to her house, I bring back a basketful. Wish I lived closer.
You're going to have a lot of potatoes.
My first watermelon seed came up today.
That's all I'm growing this year, watermellons.
Trust me the summer farmers markets will do a booming business this year as will small meat processing businesses. Local groceries will be plagued with ever higher shipping costs and supply chain shortages. Those of us in flyover country has an advantage as we are close to local food producers. With increased fuel costs for soybean farmers that Thanksgiving tofurkey at Whole Foods will cost more than the latest Birkenstocks.
LOL, yup! And one good hail storm, and BOOM. And don’t get me started about fencing out the rabbits, groundhogs and deer. One rabbit can destroy a decent size garden overnight. They and groundhogs LOVE to nip the stem right at ground level. No fixing that.
There’s a learning curve and some of it is just finding out what works best for your needs, how much room you have, your climate zone, and what you eat.
Some foods are more cost effective to grow yourself. Scallions are an example. They are not cheap but take up very little garden space.
In many places, potatoes are not worth the effort or use of garden space. It depends a lot on the kind of local agriculture you have and how much access you have to farmer’s markets.
One thing that helps tremendously is learning to store and preserve food, especially canning. I use the freezer only for stuff that cannot be effectively or successfully canned.
North Texas is infested with cotton tails it’s a never ending supply to take pop shots at with a hushed up 22. The wife gets all butt hurt when we see a half dozen in the waste pile but they are vermin same for squirrels they get the same treatment.
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