{"id":4885,"date":"2012-03-08T15:38:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T20:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2017-01-25T18:32:17","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T23:32:17","slug":"this-is-nothing-like-farmville-i-feel-deeply-deceived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2012\/03\/this-is-nothing-like-farmville-i-feel-deeply-deceived.html","title":{"rendered":"This is nothing like FarmVille. I feel deeply deceived…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$105 \u2013 soil, compost, manure, vermiculite, pete moss \u2013 2 bags each
\n$20 \u2013 seeds and vegetable starts, one flat of broccoli
\n$19 \u2013 3 beams of wood, nails, brackets for raised bed construction
\n$13.75 \u2013 increase in water bill for the month watering garden
\n\u2014\u2014\u2013
\nTotal $157.75 <\/p>\n

Labor \u2013 5 hours on first day constructing bed, laying soil, sowing seeds and planting starts. Daily labor 30-45 minutes every morning watering, looking for weeds and bugs and nodding my head \u201cYup\u201d satisfyingly. <\/p>\n

Edible food produced over the course of a month = zero. <\/p>\n

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I clearly lack the patience for farming. Calculating the cost I\u2019ve already spent, this amount would have fed my son and & I for a month or bought 14 boxes of wine! <\/p>\n

I thought growing your own was supposed to help reduce the cost of groceries. Maybe I should be growing a vineyard instead or distilling moonshine. The ABC Store doesn\u2019t let you run a tab, you know. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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