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"DogDiesel" wrote:

Does a garden pay for itself ? Or is it cheaper to go to the grocery store.

how big you have to have to break even.

"One of the most important resources that a garden makes available for
use, is the gardener's own body. A garden gives the body the dignity of
working in its own support. It is a way of rejoining the human race."
‹ Wendell Berry

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden