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More Bang For Your Gardening Buck

Veggies NOT to bother growing (in the U.S.) because they're cheap in the stores all year round, or in the stores cheaper than it would cost to grow: potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage, pumpkins, and winter squash.

Veggies with HIGH payback, and worth growing (in the U.S.): asparagus, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggplant, leaf lettuces, green onions, peppers, rhubarb.

Source: Dirt Cheap Gardening (Rhonda Massingham Hart)

Basically, the veggies that always seem to be the most expensive and out-of-reach, even when IN season (especially organic ones), are worth a go. If you're after varieties the stores don't carry, plant, plant, PLANT!

Consider the zucchini: one single seed can produce enough zucchinis to create neighborhood strife.

Posted by Cute at 8:08 AM

Labels: food purchases, health