Does gardening actually save you money? Or is it just for fun? What do you all think?
Ty said:
I save a lot of money because gardening keeps me from spending on other pricey hobbies.
…until you start canning. That gets expensive fast.
True. Best is finding someone who gave up canning and wants to offload their supplies.
It’s like how catching your own fish is pricier than buying it, but your homegrown tomato or trout will taste so much better.
Devin said:
It’s like how catching your own fish is pricier than buying it, but your homegrown tomato or trout will taste so much better.
Store-bought tomatoes just don’t have any flavor compared to homegrown.
@Scout
Exactly. And you can pick them when they’re perfectly ripe. Everything tastes better fresh.
@Scout
I thought I hated tomatoes, but then I moved abroad and discovered I just hate the ones sold here.
Whoever made that post clearly isn’t good at gardening.
True said:
Whoever made that post clearly isn’t good at gardening.
Or they just don’t realize how expensive tomatoes have gotten lately.
I save way more than $2.17. I grow tons of tomatoes, and they keep coming back every year without much work. Plus, store ones taste awful.
Vic said:
I save way more than $2.17. I grow tons of tomatoes, and they keep coming back every year without much work. Plus, store ones taste awful.
Exactly! Even if you want fresh seeds yearly, packets are only a few bucks. Setup costs are a one-time thing, and then it’s nearly free veggies forever.
These posts are silly. I save tons of money, especially when I make sauces, jams, and other preserved foods from my garden harvest.
I grew cherry tomatoes this year and loved eating them fresh off the bush. The ones I just bought at the store are tasteless in comparison. Gardening is fun, healthy, and delicious.
@Jace
Have you tried ‘Sun Gold’? They’re incredibly flavorful and produce so many tomatoes, I couldn’t keep up.
Gardening saves money… if you’re lucky.
Picking a ripe tomato and eating it fresh, or sharing it with someone, is such a rewarding feeling. You can’t put a price on that.
I eat so many tomatoes that gardening would definitely save me money—if I could just get them to grow!
Even if they cost more, they taste incredible.
For me, it’s not about saving money—it’s about how delicious homegrown food is.
I garden for quality, not cost. The veggies in my area are harvested too early or poorly grown. Paying $5 for tiny, lopsided peppers is frustrating.
Store tomatoes are flavorless. Even if my garden ones cost more, I’d still grow them because they have real, complex flavors.