Comments on: 5 Reasons to Start Your Own Garden http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:56:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jenn @ Frugal Upstate http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270739 Jenn @ Frugal Upstate Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:11:51 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270739 Great article. I completely agree. When it comes to the calcium issue, I read once that if every time you finish a gallon or quart of milk you fill it with water and use that water on your tomatoes you will be able to add just a little bit of calcium back in. So I do that. I don't know if it really helps or not, but I feel like it does. Great article. I completely agree.

When it comes to the calcium issue, I read once that if every time you finish a gallon or quart of milk you fill it with water and use that water on your tomatoes you will be able to add just a little bit of calcium back in. So I do that. I don’t know if it really helps or not, but I feel like it does.

]]> By: Eric http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270707 Eric Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:51:33 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270707 When you can eat a meal comprised almost entirely of food you raised yourself, it's refreshing and very fulfilling. At work, I don't always get to see the outcomes of my labor. With a garden, though, an hour or two every week translates into delicious homemade salsa, fresh corn on the cob, a refreshing desert of watermelon, or home-grown potato hashbrowns. I might not get to see the fruits of my office work, but the fruits of my work in the backyard are so tasty it doesn't really matter. When you can eat a meal comprised almost entirely of food you raised yourself, it’s refreshing and very fulfilling. At work, I don’t always get to see the outcomes of my labor. With a garden, though, an hour or two every week translates into delicious homemade salsa, fresh corn on the cob, a refreshing desert of watermelon, or home-grown potato hashbrowns. I might not get to see the fruits of my office work, but the fruits of my work in the backyard are so tasty it doesn’t really matter.

]]> By: Jadin http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270690 Jadin Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:26:47 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270690 Has anyone considered impact/cost in a drought area? We're in California and have a declared drought. Water prices are locally going up steeply, so have held back on raising water hungry veggies this year. Anyone figured out whether its worth it under these circumstances? Has anyone considered impact/cost in a drought area? We’re in California and have a declared drought. Water prices are locally going up steeply, so have held back on raising water hungry veggies this year. Anyone figured out whether its worth it under these circumstances?

]]> By: Brandi http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270683 Brandi Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:07:07 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270683 Don't give up on the tomatoes with bottom rot quite yet. It's time for some egg salad sandwiches! Boil some eggs (save the water). Peel the eggs, setting the egg shells aside and reserving the eggs for something tasty. Take the egg shells and crush them in a plastic bag with a rolling pin. Add crushed shells to the water and let set over night. Pour egg shell mixture over soil of tomato plant with bottom rot and lightly work shells into the soil. It might be too late for your plants to make it, but this is worth a shot. Don’t give up on the tomatoes with bottom rot quite yet. It’s time for some egg salad sandwiches! Boil some eggs (save the water). Peel the eggs, setting the egg shells aside and reserving the eggs for something tasty. Take the egg shells and crush them in a plastic bag with a rolling pin. Add crushed shells to the water and let set over night. Pour egg shell mixture over soil of tomato plant with bottom rot and lightly work shells into the soil. It might be too late for your plants to make it, but this is worth a shot.

]]> By: 2million http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270644 2million Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:49:39 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270644 One of these days I am going to have to jump into this - it seems like every frugal pfblogger has a garden. My wife and I just aren't there yet -- we are still looking to get to the point where we can settle down and then Im sure we will talk about doing this. One of these days I am going to have to jump into this – it seems like every frugal pfblogger has a garden. My wife and I just aren’t there yet — we are still looking to get to the point where we can settle down and then Im sure we will talk about doing this.

]]> By: JessieX http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270636 JessieX Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:29:51 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270636 Ditto on everything you wrote. Growing a portion of my own vegetables and fruits is deeply satisfying on many a level. I've come to be much more attentive with our soil quality as it is the soil which produces the food. I treat it better and add organic nutrients and compost to it with a fervent knowing that my soil quality will impact the nutritional value of the food and the health of the plants I grow. Earlier today I had a conversation with my sister who lives in the Bay Area. She has a robust raised garden bed system on a relatively small bit-o-land. She's starting to work with her neighbors to organize small groups who can help each other establish new veg. gardens. It's so much more environmentally sound and economically wise to reduce the travel cost of food, too. Ditto on everything you wrote. Growing a portion of my own vegetables and fruits is deeply satisfying on many a level. I’ve come to be much more attentive with our soil quality as it is the soil which produces the food. I treat it better and add organic nutrients and compost to it with a fervent knowing that my soil quality will impact the nutritional value of the food and the health of the plants I grow.

Earlier today I had a conversation with my sister who lives in the Bay Area. She has a robust raised garden bed system on a relatively small bit-o-land. She’s starting to work with her neighbors to organize small groups who can help each other establish new veg. gardens. It’s so much more environmentally sound and economically wise to reduce the travel cost of food, too.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270615 Patrick Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:57 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270615 My girlfriend and I have a garden on the deck of our apartment. We are just starting to grow tomatoes and they are doing well. It is really nice to go outside everyday and water them. You can't beat vegetables you grow in your own backyard. My girlfriend and I have a garden on the deck of our apartment. We are just starting to grow tomatoes and they are doing well. It is really nice to go outside everyday and water them. You can’t beat vegetables you grow in your own backyard.

]]> By: Posco http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270604 Posco Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:19:07 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270604 I supervise a small community garden in an apartment complex. The management graciously allowed and paid for the setup of the garden. Unfortunately they insist that residents do not plant vegetables due to fear of an increase of pests (rats, squirrels, and other urban wildlife?). The garden is only for decorative plants and herbs. Gardeners: We would really like to plant edible plants. Is the pest issue a valid concern? What could we do to allay the concern or mitigate the problem? I supervise a small community garden in an apartment complex. The management graciously allowed and paid for the setup of the garden. Unfortunately they insist that residents do not plant vegetables due to fear of an increase of pests (rats, squirrels, and other urban wildlife?). The garden is only for decorative plants and herbs.

Gardeners: We would really like to plant edible plants. Is the pest issue a valid concern? What could we do to allay the concern or mitigate the problem?

]]> By: Elsie http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/5-reasons-to-start-your-own-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-270582 Elsie Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:19:25 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=3207#comment-270582 It was a good feeling knowing that my dad was growing his own tomatoes and peppers during the latest salmonella outbreak. It was a good feeling knowing that my dad was growing his own tomatoes and peppers during the latest salmonella outbreak.

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