http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/seed-catalogs-in-june/ Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/seed-catalogs-in-june/#comment-943 mynortherngarden Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:02:05 +0000 http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/?p=1994#comment-943 Nadja -- Sounds like you and your husband have the right approach. My concern is that many people will invest in lots of gear and then get disappointed in gardening and quit. Being able to preserve food through canning and drying is great -- that's how those WWII gardeners raised 40 percent of the nation's vegetables. Good luck this year and let me know how your harvest goes -- hopefully, we'll get some heat so all those tomatoes can start growing. Nadja — Sounds like you and your husband have the right approach. My concern is that many people will invest in lots of gear and then get disappointed in gardening and quit. Being able to preserve food through canning and drying is great — that’s how those WWII gardeners raised 40 percent of the nation’s vegetables. Good luck this year and let me know how your harvest goes — hopefully, we’ll get some heat so all those tomatoes can start growing.

]]> http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/seed-catalogs-in-june/#comment-942 Nadja Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:28:51 +0000 http://mynortherngarden.wordpress.com/?p=1994#comment-942 I'm not sure I agree that gardeners aren't growing their own veggies to save money. My husband and I greatly expanded our garden this year for just that purpose. We're fairly young, novice gardeners, but we started about 40 tomatoes and 25 pepper plants from seed, plus other herbs that we use frequently. We have used city compost (free), and utilize the water from our 3 rain barrels to water. I bought my pressure-canner on ebay for about 1/4 of the new price. We hope to can lots of tomatoes and dry or roast peppers. We snipped about 3 bunches of fresh herbs last night to contribute to dinner, and those 3 bunches alone would have cost about $2 each at the store. So we are hoping to save money, rather than spend. It's all in how you make your choices. We also prefer the pesticide-free, fresh low carbon footprint of home gardening and hope to do more. I just read that WWII Victory Gardens produced about 40% of the nation's vegetables. That's substantial!! I’m not sure I agree that gardeners aren’t growing their own veggies to save money. My husband and I greatly expanded our garden this year for just that purpose. We’re fairly young, novice gardeners, but we started about 40 tomatoes and 25 pepper plants from seed, plus other herbs that we use frequently. We have used city compost (free), and utilize the water from our 3 rain barrels to water. I bought my pressure-canner on ebay for about 1/4 of the new price. We hope to can lots of tomatoes and dry or roast peppers. We snipped about 3 bunches of fresh herbs last night to contribute to dinner, and those 3 bunches alone would have cost about $2 each at the store. So we are hoping to save money, rather than spend. It’s all in how you make your choices. We also prefer the pesticide-free, fresh low carbon footprint of home gardening and hope to do more. I just read that WWII Victory Gardens produced about 40% of the nation’s vegetables. That’s substantial!!

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