Starting a garden can feel overwhelming. There are things to buy, seeds to plant, things to keep watered and alive. Isn’t it easier to buy cucumbers at the grocery store? Not necessarily.
When done right, access to fresh produce right in your backyard (or patio) is easier and cheaper than you think. There’s no need for fancy equipment from a gardening catalog or dropping hundreds of dollars at a plant nursery.
In reality, it can cost almost nothing to get started gardening. And the vegetable yield might even help abate the rising costs of groceries, up an alarming 2.6% in the past 12 months…