Here’s a way to grow some really great produce for little to nothing!
I found seeds for $.20 cents a package at the Dollar Store (Dollar General) and at Walmart. I found lots of vegetables and herb seeds and some of them were even heirloom varieties. I bought herb seeds like parsley, basil and dill. I also bought several kinds of lettuce as well as spinach, beets, squash, zucchini, peas and turnips. I also bought some flower seed packages for $.20 cents as well.
For under a few dollars, we had a bag full of cheap seeds. The seed packages also had a lot of seeds for $.20 cents. We gave already planted some of our cheap seeds in seed starter trays. Within a few days, I had lettuce and spinach popping up. Every day we eagerly await to see what else new has popped up to see us!
I’m looking forward to doing a cost comparison of these seeds and the amount of food I can grow out of them.
[...] I bought .20 cent seed packages and have started several trays that will be ready in a few weeks for transplanting. I have a tray of spinach and a tray of lettuce just sprouting in the seed starting trays which I will plant in a few weeks hopefully. I have a few other trays of beets and a variety of herbs. I’ve never staggered my planting before, but I am hoping to this year to help me have a more consistent harvest. [...]