So how would the amount of food needed each day be produced at a enomical price ? Many of the people eating these products can hardly afford them now.
If you have much in the way of a yard its actually pretty easy. You cant be totally self suffcient but you can knock a heck of a lot out of the grocery bill, thats for sure! And you can eat a lot better in the process as well.
I just put in a 12 x 4 foot raised bed garden using cinder bricks to form the bed. It took 48 blocks I believe, about half of which were salvaged. It took a yard of dirt and some compost from my rabbit cages to fill it up. Total cost was about 200.00 fun dollars and one week end of work by me. With 8 Heirloom Tomatoes, 18 ever bearing Strawberries, 17 Bell Peppers, 5 Jalapeno, 5 Banana Peppers, 5 Egg Plants, 17 Okra plants, 200 onion sets, recovering my investment of 200.00 fun dollars should be pretty easy. I pretty much went with the more expensive items to purchase that can be eaten fresh in mexican or asian cusine so I could get the best bang for my buck and limited space. When you consider that when the cooler season gets here and I can do broccoli, spinnach I should come out smelling sweet. I also have about a half dozen dwarf or semi dwarf fruit trees in large planter pots that produce about 6-9 dozen fruits a year. If I planted them in the ground I could get a lot more and wouldnt have to prune them so much to keep them comapct and managable. I have Tangerines, Mexican Limes, Plums, Peaches and Pears. I do all this on a 20 x 80 ft lot despite a huge oak tree on the lot that limits what I can do.
Later this year I am putting in a 8 x 3 foot raised bed a the entry way that will have a mix of veggies tucked in amongst the flowers. Great looks with some scooby snacks too! Late this winter I am going to try and put in at least one more 12 x 4 foot raised bed so I can further expand on what I am doing and save even more on my grocery bill.
I also raise rabbits too. I have the Florida whites which are smaller than New Zealands but have a smaller bone structure and flesh out about as much weight in meat as the larger rabbit does. The up side is smaller cages for a more compact operation and less feed per a rabbit. I have 3 does and 1 buck and get between 70-80 rabbits for the freezer a year. The rabbit doo goes on the garden and the planter pots I have stuff growing in as well. Great fertilizer and soil amendment.
The best part is I know what I am eating. I know what went into it. I have the option of growing tastier varieties, growing them organically with no chemicals or pesticides and I can pick it all at the peak of ripeness for my dinning enjoyment! So there is a bit of an alternative...
