Why not do both at the same time and create an edible garden?
Gardening is a wonderful activity and organic edible gardening is a thrifty way to help to reduce your food costs while providing you with healthy, nutritious food.
Inspired by Lydia Maria Francis Child's 1833 book, The American Frugal Housewife, this book its written for the MODERN American Frugal Housewife in mind.
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A big-city girl who embraced country-living, Jill is a world-traveled Ivy League graduate. She is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, homesteader, award-winning writer and author of a number of books including the popular "Foraging - A Beginner's Guide to Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants".