Save Big - Make 2015 the year you grow a Garden

This is the time of year I start looking at seed catalogues and start the planning of my gardens and ordering of seeds.  As I reviewed Salt Spring Seeds in BC Richters in Ontario and Hope Seeds in Nova Scotia it struck me - just how much we save in grocery costs because we have a garden.

If you want to save big then make 2015 the year you grow a garden.   Here are a couple of examples:

Leaf Lettuce or Swiss Chard - both very easy to grow and will keep producing if you keep them watered/nutrients and cut them regularly. 

Grow yourself - $3.00 package of seeds, plus possibly some other costs that will be utilized in future years. Versus buying one bunch a week at the store $3.00/week for 12 weeks or $36.00. 
Savings is $33.00 on one veggie  Honestly purchase a pot, add some soil and seed and grow it on your deck.

Carrots - 100 seeds in one $3.50 package compared to buying a bunch of 8 carrots at $3.20/bag - Savings assuming 80 carrot seeds grow would be $32.00

Strawberry plants - get some runners from a gardening friend cost free compared to $4.50/box at the store....10 boxes from a small bed of your own - Savings $45.00

and on and on.  Just those three garden items grown save $110! What are you waiting for, start planning what you can grow either as a community gardener, patio gardener or home gardener. 

Make 2015 the year you grow a garden and start saving.