I can't take credit for the idea of tracking the time and money spent on my garden. That goes to Get Rich Slowly's Garden Project. The idea is this: Does a garden save you money? It's a simple question, but a difficult answer.
Most people who garden will say even if the financial benefit isn't there, the quality improvement over supermarket produce is worth the price. I postulate that if you only look at the money spent vs the value of the produce, that you will come out ahead. If you include the time spent, however, I am pretty certain you will not come out ahead. And that's ok, so long as you look at the time as an investment in an enjoyable, healthful activity.
2009 Summary
June Details
June brings weeds. Weeds bring lots of time spent in the garden. It also brings the first crop, snow peas. This is my first time planting snow peas, I've been pleasantly surprised by their growth and production. Although that said, this year is a bit of an anomaly given the cooler and wetter than normal conditions. Still, from a 6' long twin row planting, I've yielded 3 3/4lb of snow peas thus far.
The peas are about done now, however and I'll soon be pulling them to make way for more beans (yellow most likely).
The fungicide is being put to good use attempting to limit the spread of early blight among the tomatoes. This is the downside of wet weather. Although I do try to limit the application of pesticides and such, I am also not ready to lose complete crops as I did last year.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
