Tomorrow I am selling 25 bucks worth of tomatoes to the Cidery, plus maybe 5 zucchinis. Last week I made $22 out of the same process. Recently I sold $100 worth of garlic and made about $150 or so from preserved lemons. Granted, I’m not ever going to pay the bills with such wealth, but it IS kind of cool to think that 2.5 yrs ago I didn’t even have a garden, and now I’m producing so much food I have excess to sell. If I can get to the point where it pays for the fertilizer, seeds, potting mix etc I’ll be doing well. Taking into account such items, plus water and time, I’m sure we pay much more for our food than if we bought it from the shop. But the food miles are down. And there’s nothing like picking and eating right off the vine. Or having broccoli on tap all year round while some are paying $8/kg for the stuff.
And the buzz I’m getting from the fact that people want to PAY me for it, well that’s priceless.
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