The back yard garden
I try to use the back yard to help with the cost of living. I also like to grow things and get dirt under my fingernails. If at all possibly, it’s great to be self-sufficient in something you can grow at home. Use just a few small to medium size pots or a small patch of soil and some elbow grease and you will never have to buy cherry tomatoes, mint, parsley, coriander, basil, rosemary or thyme ever again. Our household saves about $10 a week on groceries already and when the seeds I have on the go start to produce, there should be another ten spot in savings.
I put on some good tunes (listening to the new Built To Spill album at the moment) and get Zen about it. Growing in pots helps with slugs and other varmint without the use of chemicals, which is good because the soil in the yard is so bad I have to grow almost everything in potting soil anyway. Water use is less than 20 liters a day and it takes anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour a day to keep everything moist and looking good.
The produce you grow at home tastes likes it’s from another planet compared to store bought produce. This is especially true with things like peas, which from the moment you pick them start to change in taste because their sugars turn into starch. The tomatoes we grow are amazing and have a sweetness you can’t buy. With our five plants at the moment, we produce enough tomatoes to even have some extra to give to neighbors and friends.
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