Posted in MyGarden, Sustainability, tagged farmer's market, garden calculator, organic, produce cost, produce value, supermarket, vegetable costs on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Click on image to estimate value of your home-grown veggies!
With all the time we spend in the garden, we’ve always wondered the value that actually came out of it in monetary terms. Here’s a fun estimator that we came up with (you can also click on the image).
It’s still in beta mode and FREE to use 
Thanks in advance for your feedback and comments!
Posted in MyGarden, Sustainability, tagged organic, square-foot gardening, Sustainability, vegetable gardening on January 3, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Make veggie gardening with your kids a goal for 2009!
Vegetable gardening has been a part of my life every year minus a few years when I was lookin’ for Mrs. Right (and luckily found someone who also loved garden-grown veggies!) Every January, I start thinking of what I will grow or try differently for the gardening year ahead, so each year ends up with a theme.
Planning for 2009 got us thinking that it is not just about our garden any longer. It is much bigger this year. It is not what is happening in our backyard, but in backyards across the nation.
2009 is the Year of the Vegetable Garden. Here’s why (in no particular order):
OK, so there’s no hard data backing up my predictions. Call it conjecture from someone who has been a keen observer, but I’m excited about the prospects of more veggie gardens appearing on the planet.
So this year’s “theme” will be helping and interacting with more novice-to-experienced vegetable gardeners in getting the most out of their gardening endeavors! Please feel free to email me with questions, stalk me on Twitter or submit a question/post on our Plangarden forum.
