Tip 67: Grow your own food in a vegetable garden
As I remember it, most of what we ate when I was a kid came out of our vegetable garden. We always had big vegetable gardens, especially after we moved out to the farm. During the summer and fall we had fresh vegetables all the time. We had so many that we would sometimes sell vegetables at Farmer’s Markets. We had hogs and chickens on our farm so we always had fresh meat, too. My Mom would can and freeze vegetables to save for winter.A little investment to start a garden in the spring can turn into a lot of vegetables during the summer and fall. Even a few tomato and zucchini plants can produce a lot if you don't have much space. Some years, we have had large vegetable gardens and for a few years we had more than one garden. Lately we have had smaller gardens in raised beds. Since we moved, I’ll have a chance to start a new garden soon. Since I no longer have a rototiller, I will probably start small and see what I can do with a small space.
When we lived in town, I saw some house with very small yards that had a few tomato plants in small raised tubs. Some houses had small raised beds that were like tables with sides on them that were filled with soil. In just a few square feet, they had some nice looking vegetables growing. It seems that you can almost always find a space to grow some vegetables and grow some food for almost free.
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