{"id":113428,"date":"2009-12-29T23:19:45","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T04:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=137295"},"modified":"2009-12-29T23:19:45","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T04:19:45","slug":"plan-a-less-expensive-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/113428","title":{"rendered":"Plan a less expensive garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of gardening saving you lots of money<\/a> is questionable. If you grow smart, make few mistakes, and the weather is perfectly behaved, or if you can sell a serious batch of surplus veggies, you may save (or even make) lots of money, but I think that ideal situation is the exception. More often it’s likely you’ll save a little money with a garden. Still in many ways gardening\u00a0 is a more cost efficient way to get organic veggies and tabletop flowers. Plus, there are plenty of ways you can plan for a less expensive garden right from the start.<\/p>\n

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Start slow<\/strong>: If you’re a new gardener, starting small, with easier plants is a more cost efficient option. You’ll learn as you go and those first gardening mistakes won’t cost as much if you’re gardening on a smaller scale.<\/p>\n

Have a concrete plan in place<\/strong>: Willy nilly gardening costs you more than it saves. Without a solid garden plan<\/a>, you may head into the garden center and buy seeds, plants, and gear you don’t actually need. Without a solid plan, those berry bushes might overwhelm you and you’ll have more work, but not any berries to show for it. Make sure you know what you’re planting ahead of time, where you are planting, and all the care facts you need for specific plants at your disposal. Note that part of your plan should include what sort of soil<\/a> you have so you fix it before hand if need be.<\/p>\n

Use what you’ve got<\/strong>: This can be saving seeds or trying a seed exchange<\/a>, taking cuttings or dividing plants, using a rain barrel<\/a>, making your own compost<\/a>, or using egg cartons for starting seeds. Try to use natural resources and reusable resources to their fullest before using brand new, and more expensive resources.<\/p>\n

Grow 80% comfort<\/strong>: By this I mean grow mostly plants you’re at ease with and work in newbie plants on a smaller level. Plants you know and have cared for before are more likely to do well. Growing native plants<\/a> that your actual environment is used to doesn’t hurt either.<\/p>\n

Be on the lookout for garden pests<\/strong>: Slugs<\/a>, example, small as they may be can literally take out most of a vegetable garden. That’s a big money loss. Learn about pests in your area<\/a> and be prepared.<\/p>\n

Visit yard sales and thrift stores for gear<\/strong>: Used garden gear like pots and trowels only need a good scrub down while dull cutting tools can sometimes be sharpened. Don’t buy junk, but shopping at a used venue, and looking beyond the appearance of tools can save you money.<\/p>\n

Pool resources<\/strong>: If you need a lot of something (potting mix, border plants, etc) you may be able to pool money with another gardener, buy in bulk, and save.<\/p>\n

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The idea of gardening saving you lots of money is questionable. If you grow smart, make few mistakes, and the weather is perfectly behaved, or if you can sell a serious batch of surplus veggies, you may save (or even make) lots of money, but I think that ideal situation is the exception. More often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}