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# Wednesday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/41628/
- Published: 2016-12-07T06:48:48.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-07T06:48:48.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ea/fd/eafdb338-c9b6-4f87-8363-78ab94cc3a18/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Garden-Overview-225x300.jpg "Garden Overview")

Gardening Results

Well, I can finally say I definitely broke the $1,000 mark for produce. The estimates below are courtesy of Marie, who was instructed to be conservative and use prices you'd find at Kroger for in-season produce. The figures, in other words, don't take into account that I grow only non-GMO, organic produce (which is far more expensive) and that a small part of the produce is grown out of season. Here are the 2016 results (with more greens still coming):

Cherry tomatoes: $300  
 Lettuce, Spinach, Kale: $250  
 Strawberries: $50  
 Peppers: $50  
 Peas: $25  
 Beans: $10  
 Cucumbers: $5  
 Zucchini: $5  
 Winter Squash: $50  
 Southern greens: $20  
 Currants: $50  
 Raspberries: $300  
 ASparagus: $30  
 Pumpkins: $5  
 Assorted greens: $5  
 Blackberries: $10

I probably bought about $500 worth of seeds, soil amendments, and gardening tools, so my "net" for the year is probably around $700, which isn't much, but it's enough. I could, whenever necessary, pull back on all expenditures and plant with zero money spent (given my stock of seeds, fertilizers, soil, and equipment), which was the goal all along when I started gardening in 2009\. At this point, I'm just glad to be producing healthy produce for my family and, quite frankly, I enjoy the hobby.

With my ongoing greens, stash of winter squash, frozen currants and greens, and my sprouting operation that I use in January, February and March, I'm also providing non-gmo produce year round, which was also one of my original goals.

So, overall, I'm happy with this job that pays less than minimum wage.