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2026-05-06 21:44 UTC
@jillL@theblower.au the big elephants in the room here for me are water and soil.
Unless someone already lives on agricultural soil (which only a miniscule proportion of people in australia do), it will cost a lot more to ship some in in bags or truckloads than they will ever reap in calories.
Same with water. If someone lives in a place with agricultural rainfall levels they're probably already growing food. If they don't, they would have to toss so much municipal drinking water on the ground that the exercise again becomes more money and effort than its worth.
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@coolandnormal@aus.social 2026-05-06 21:51
@jillL@theblower.au also this is a terrible time of year to be telling people to start vegetable gardening for the first time to try to save money. I have everything going for me: excellent soil, viable growing rainfall, farming experience, some basic infrastructure. Even with all that, my garden grows kale this time of year. Kale, silverbeet and chard. Even with ideal home growing circumstances I can only save you $50 a week at this time of year if you're willing to eat $50 worth of kale every week.