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growing pains and gains

RE YOU A VEGIE GARDENER? Have you ever done the maths to work out how much each tomato costs you to grow? Best not to, frankly. A bit like backyard chickens, they tend to get expensive. The single zucchini you harvested last summer (it wasn’t a great year for zukes), which probably cost around $70 in amortised inputs, may deter you from ever attempting vegetable gardening again.

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