Not to mention it taste better to. Plus it'll be there a year or two from now, if it don't get eaten first
I will add that it is FAR healthier for you than the "commercial" equivalent.
I honestly can't say that it's cheaper, but it's a lot better.
For example, tomatoes, your options are:
A: go to the store and buy tomato products.
B: can your own tomatoes which consists of:
Garden prep which includes rototilling the soil and testing/applying appropriate fertilizer.
Buy the plants
Plant the plants
Weed the garden, over and over.
Then, every few days:
Harvest the tomatoes.
Prep the canning equipment.
Clean/sterilize your jars and equipment.
Clean the tomatoes.
Process the tomatoes.
Can the tomatoes.
Store the tomatoes.
Clean all the canning equipment.
Put everything away.
Repeat.
I honestly can't say that it's cheaper, but it's a lot better.
For example, tomatoes, your options are:
A: go to the store and buy tomato products.
B: can your own tomatoes which consists of:
Garden prep which includes rototilling the soil and testing/applying appropriate fertilizer.
Buy the plants
Plant the plants
Weed the garden, over and over.
Then, every few days:
Harvest the tomatoes.
Prep the canning equipment.
Clean/sterilize your jars and equipment.
Clean the tomatoes.
Process the tomatoes.
Can the tomatoes.
Store the tomatoes.
Clean all the canning equipment.
Put everything away.
Repeat.
I honestly can't say that it's cheaper, but it's a lot better.
For example, tomatoes, your options are:
A: go to the store and buy tomato products.
B: can your own tomatoes which consists of:
Garden prep which includes rototilling the soil and testing/applying appropriate fertilizer.
Buy the plants
Plant the plants
Weed the garden, over and over.
Then, every few days:
Harvest the tomatoes.
Prep the canning equipment.
Clean/sterilize your jars and equipment.
Clean the tomatoes.
Process the tomatoes.
Can the tomatoes.
Store the tomatoes.
Clean all the canning equipment.
Put everything away.
Repeat.
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