• Michelle Roberts from The Growing the Good Life Podcast discussed how to save money while vegetable gardening.
• This includes maximizing yield and minimizing cost through crop rotation and companion planting, using homemade compost instead of fertilizers, and preserving the excess harvest.
• Crop rotation involves yearly moving vegetables around the garden to reduce disease pressure and insect life cycles.
• Companion planting involves planting smaller organs, such as lettuce, with larger tomatoes or peppers.
• Home-made compost from waste that would typically be thrown out is a great way to get vitamins and minerals for the garden without spending extra money.
• Excess harvest can be preserved by canning, freezing, or dehydrating for later use.