How Many Of You

i have a brown thumd instead of a green one. my neighbor & i planted a garden & it didn't do worth a hoot. i do have a friend w/pear & apple trees who sharws w/me. i froze apples & made pear preserves. i buy corn at the farmer's market to put in the freezer so i don't save any money doing that but it's good.

My family used to farm alot. We victory gardened in the city...and this year, now that we're back in the country, we're farming again...and we're going to be canning, drying, freezing as much of our harvest as possible. It's my two-year-plan, hopefully by the end of 2010, it'll not only save us a huge chunk of our money...but turn us a small profit, as well.

I try to have as much as I can handle growing. There is nothing that compares to food picked right out of the yard. I think that once you have tried to grow a garden on your own you will never think the same about the food you buy at the store. We are planning our garden right now. I know we will grow tomatoes because they are my favorite, but we are also thinking cucumbers, zuchini, peas, peppers, and maybe potatos. I hope to have a great garden this year.

I have a garden in the summer but, I don't know how to can. My mom has a garden and we try to grow different items that we both like so we can share. She has a farm with chickens and ducks so she gives us eggs and I use coupons and get items for almost free and sometimes free so I give her things. It would be much easier if we were neighbors but, we live about 20 minutes away from each other.

I am trying to grow cucumbers this year... and maybe tomatoes this year.... i already have an apple and pear tree..... have a grape vine.. but its soooo sour..... hmm... i grow onion leaves too..... what else do you guys recommend i should grow???

I've been growing all of my own vegetables and many fruits since I bought my home 4 years ago. It doesn't take long, it's not expensive or difficult - and it saves so much money to be able to go shopping in my own yard.

We grow a lot of produce. I haven't tried my hand at canning, but I dry my herbs and peppers, and freeze veggies and fruits. It kills me to actually have to buy produce.

Hi summerfire, if I was to grow anything in my back garden my two dogs would eat it! That includes flowers lol...but I have a friend who does and they too save a lot of money on veg which sometimes in supermarkets costs a bomb nowadays, also my next door neighbor grows vegetables in her garden and saves money thaat way too she is absolutely chuffed too as it is the first time she has done it..bb littleowl

I really love to have my own garden and gardening myself. I still remember the days when my mother used to grow all types of vegetables in our garden in our village. We never used to purchase any of the vegetables and milk from outside. These items grown in our garden are very fresh, there by very healthy without any chemicals whatsoever. After moving to a city, we really faced problem getting enough space to grow anything and stopped. Even now my mom grows spaghetti in my home itself, but in small amount. It is good to hear that you are doing such a good work! It is one part of saving our world to avoid chemicals! Good luck!