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Garden Challenge ’09
By Jonathan | May 11, 2009 at 11:58 am
Last July when Abi and I moved into our house, the previous owners had raised a little garden that we decided to take care of for the rest of the season. It produced a fair amount of decent vegetables, which we ate and froze. The previous owners had planted a strange breed of tomatoes and onions, neither of which were our favorite, so this spring we decided to start from scratch and plant everything ourselves.
A couple months ago Abi and I went out to buy some various garden items like seeds and an indoor planter to get things going. This past weekend we moved everything from inside to out, and also planted additional seeds and plants to finish things off. In a few weeks/months time, we will [hopefully] have:
- Tomatoes (2 types)
- Onions
- Bell Peppers (2 types)
- Bella Hot Peppers
- Jalepeno Peppers
- Cayenne Peppers
- Blackberries
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Watermelon
Planting this stuff was not cheap…which leads me to explain the title of this post: Will we recoup the cost of planting all this stuff in fruits/vegetables produced by the garden? As an experiment, we are going to weigh everything as it is picked and calculate a dollar amount of that “harvest” based on the current rate at a local grocery store. We’ll keep a running total throughout the summer, and hopefully come out ahead at the end!
Our initial cost was approximately $80. Stay tuned for updates!
Topics: house | 7 Comments »
May 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I forgot to mention that Abi and I are both rookies when it comes to this garden stuff…so who knows if we’ll produce anything?
May 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
You two have way too much time on your hands.
May 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
You ROI will be tenfold. What about herbs? Some cilantro and basil to tease the palate?
May 12th, 2009 at 8:47 am
“The previous owners had planted a strange breed of tomatoes and onions”
Jon: It’s called marijuana.
May 12th, 2009 at 8:50 am
…which would explain the weird side effects I felt after consumption!
May 12th, 2009 at 9:10 am
It would also explain why you decided to grow Blackberries instead of iPhones.
May 13th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Good luck-I just planted my seeds tonight for my container garden on my fire escape-this year’s challenge=keeping the squirrels out.