Vegetable Garden 101 Save Money Growing Your Own Vegetables

Vegetable Garden 101 Save Money Growing Your Own Vegetables

Chapter 1 - How Growing Vegetables Can Save You Money

If you are like most people, you are looking for a way to cut corners and save some money. There are a few things that you can do to save money today. You can travel less and use less gasoline. You can cut down on utility expenses by not using so much electricity and heat. You can eliminate eating out and eat at home. Perhaps you are already doing this but need to save more money. One way that you can save a lot of money is with your food bill. And with food prices going up, this may end up being a necessity. Not only can you save money on your food bill, but you can also start eating healthier.

You have probably heard about organic foods. These are foods that are all natural and do not contain any chemicals or preservatives. Organic vegetables are in your local supermarket and usually cost a lot more than the other vegetables that are grown using chemical pesticides and other toxins. You have probably heard that organic vegetables are better for you, but do not want to spend the extra money. After all, the idea is to save money - right? So spending extra money on organic vegetables, that are usually smaller than other vegetables can seem like a bad financial deal. And if you are like most of us, you are looking to get more bang out of your buck. Especially at the supermarket.

The way to really save money and eat healthy at the same time is to grow your own vegetables. This can trim your food bill substantially, depending on the amount of vegetables that you grow. If you have a patch of ground, you can save money by growing your own vegetables in the soil and wind up with vegetables and fruits that are healthier than those that you buy in the store. You can save at least $100 a month by growing your own vegetables and this savings, if you take the tips in this book, can be used after the harvest time if you learn how to preserve the various vegetables and fruits.

Think of what you can do with $100 a month. It can pay a couple of bills for you or just ease the burden for you a bit. And this savings can continue to blossom. You will see savings in your food bills every month when you start to grow your own vegetables. Of course, you will have to wait until harvest time to start to really start saving the money, but after your first harvest, you can save money all year long using the tips in this book. There are also tips that I will give you that will enable you to start saving money relatively soon with herbs.

It takes work to plant and harvest a vegetable garden, but it is good work. Working in a garden and planting vegetables or fruits is actually therapeutic. Many people enjoy being outdoors and gardening just for the heck of it. When you are saving money because of your endeavors, it makes the experience even better. The hard work is getting your garden started and harvesting as well as preserving the foods. Breaking this down, this consists of about 4 days out of the year. The rest is just maintenance. Four days is not much to ask when it comes to saving $100 a month on your grocery bills.

And best of all, you can start right now. Spring is the perfect planting time for a vegetable garden. By harvest time, which will be in July or August, you will be well on your way to start saving money.

If you are ready to start saving $100 a month in your food bill by growing your own vegetables, take the tips in this book and put them to use. Eat healthy foods and stop wasting your money at the grocery store.

Chapter 2 - Vegetables Gardens - An Old Idea

Most of us today do not remember victory gardens. These were gardens that people planted during WWII to supplement rations during the war. During WWII, just about everything was rationed, including food. So people began to supplement that rationing with food from their own garden. Because the country was at war, the gardens that people used to supplement their war rations were dubbed Victory Gardens.

The country is currently at war with a recession. A war that requires a victory. Isn’t it about time for Victory Gardens again? Just as our grandparents and great grandparents created victory gardens during WWII, we can do the same today. We aren’t on food rations, although some of us might as well be. With an increasing number of people losing their jobs and facing home foreclosures, some of us may be rationing ourselves.

We don’t have to feel helpless in the face of recession. We can do something about it. We can declare victory against the recession by planting our own victory gardens. All you need is a plot of soil and plants. The cost to prepare a garden is minimal, especially when you consider that it can save you $100 a month or more by growing your own vegetables.

A brief word about me:

I am too young for victory gardens, but I can remember my grandmother telling me about having a victory garden during the War. I never paid it much mind and never planted anything until a year ago, when I lost my job.

Like many others, my job was just downsized. I was able to get another job, but it paid a lot less money. And my kids and I were just managing to get by. I wanted to feed them healthy foods, but it seemed as though everything that was healthy was out of my price range. I didn’t like the way we were eating and looked for various ways to save money.

I a way, I was like my grandmother. She was also a woman alone with two kids during WWII. Her husband was off fighting in the Pacific. She had to make do on rations and, being a city women for most of her life, knew nothing about gardening. But she managed to create a spectacular victory garden that was the envy of the neighbors. She not only was able to supplement her own rations, but those of her neighbors as well.

I saw myself as my grandmother - a single mom struggling to raise two kids and put food on the table.
Someone who didn’t have much experience when it came to gardening. Okay - zero experience. But they say necessity is the mother of invention so I decided to re-invent myself. I created my own victory garden.

Not only was I able to save money as soon as those crops came in, but because I was using natural fertilizer to keep away bugs and rabbits, I felt as if I was feeding my kids healthier foods as well. I knew for a fact that my vegetables were organic because I was growing them myself. By September, I started to figure out the savings and they came up to $100 a month off of my grocery bills. This year, I plan to save even more.

The way that I figure it, if I can do it, anyone can do it. So many of my neighbors and friends asked me how I was able to manage so well, and make the transformation from being a city girl to being an expert gardener that I decided to write it down in a book.

By reading this book and following the step by step instructions that I have laid out for you, you too can create your very own victory garden.

Declare victory against the recession with your own victory garden!

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