I enjoy growing my own veggies, but it certainly isn’t because it is cost effective! The real reason we labor in our veggie gardens is because: (1) the crops we harvest are so much more flavorful…
It pains me to see customers spending hundreds of dollars on new plants and simultaneously refusing to spend a few more on a bag or two of compost and a box of starter fertilizer. These two items are not unnecessary “add-ons” that the retailer is just trying to add to the sale, they are critical components of a successful transplanting process - or as I like to refer to them as “plant insurance”. Unless you have phenomenal soil, you should always add compost and starter fertilizers when you are planting new plants. Here is why…
I enjoy growing my own veggies, but it certainly isn’t because it is cost effective! The real reason we labor in our veggie gardens is because: (1) the crops we harvest are so much more flavorful…