Cutting the Food Bill by 50% or more............Step 5

You CAN cut your food bill by 50% or more!  Let's review the steps so far:
(if you want to check out the first 4 steps go to the blog at
www.buildingthearkinlakehavasu.blogspot. com
if you are reading this off the blog the steps are listed at your right. 

1.  Have a Well Stocked Pantry
2.  Eat less meat
3.  Buy in Bulk
4.  Buy only when item is at it's LOWEST price

and
5.  Grow a Garden

What?  do I hear murmuring?  yes, you can grow a garden year round in Havasu.  I happened upon a farming couple from Indiana.......a wealth of information!!!   They probably have at least 30 fruit trees and 2 huge gardens...........they do use 40% shade cloth over the top..............that was a key tip.

We have Asparagus (bed has been in 12years) Artichokes (some plants are over 5 yrs old), Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Mellons, Zuchinni, Jalapeno Peppers, Bell Peppers, Lemons, Oranges, etc, etc, etc.  We started this year in mid November and we are going to go on thru to November this year and on and on....you get the drift.

Considering the length of time our Asparagus bed and the Artichokes have been in........I'd say it was a pretty wise investment! ........and..............it's FUN!