Growing Your Own – Does it Save Money?

By Cindy Naas

Those of us who grow urban gardens do so for a number of reasons.

Saving money on our family food bills is a reason which nearly always comes up in any discussion of urban gardening.

But, is this true? Or is it a myth?

One family decided to test out this hypothesis.

The frugal living blog Get Rich Slowly is conducting a year long experiment to determine whether those growing their own fruits and vegetable will really be ahead in the long run.

The project involves keeping track of Read the rest of this entry »