07-12-2013, 02:40 PM
We just got back from five weeks on the mainland and there wasn't much if any drop in food or restaurant prices over there at all. Restaurant prices were higher, although we weren't at McD's, so perhaps that would be similar priced.
As for food, if you grow the stuff, you save 1.25% of what it would cost to buy it since you pay taxes on getting the money and taxes on buying the stuff.
We almost always have vegetables from the garden although it got decimated by the house sitters. Apparently they did eat a lot of vegetables from it. They harvested the whole plant instead of just a few leaves at a time but the roots are still there so it will grow back. Still need to plant a few more seeds since there is now going to be a gap in the production where they didn't plant when they harvested, but the avo tree should fill in. This is just a pair of small gardens, about twelve feet long by four feet wide made of stacked concrete blocks with dirt piled inside. The only fertilizer is bunny manure and most of the seeds are harvested from the previous season's plants. There is almost always something to eat from the garden, usually up to 85% of what's on our plate can be from the garden. Can't get much less expensive than that for edibles.
House prices were almost comparable to the mainland, although the sizes here were much smaller for the same number of bedrooms. Smaller lot sizes, too. But a two bedroom costs about the same here as were we were visiting.
"I like yard sales," he said. "All true survivalists like yard sales."
Kurt Wilson
As for food, if you grow the stuff, you save 1.25% of what it would cost to buy it since you pay taxes on getting the money and taxes on buying the stuff.
We almost always have vegetables from the garden although it got decimated by the house sitters. Apparently they did eat a lot of vegetables from it. They harvested the whole plant instead of just a few leaves at a time but the roots are still there so it will grow back. Still need to plant a few more seeds since there is now going to be a gap in the production where they didn't plant when they harvested, but the avo tree should fill in. This is just a pair of small gardens, about twelve feet long by four feet wide made of stacked concrete blocks with dirt piled inside. The only fertilizer is bunny manure and most of the seeds are harvested from the previous season's plants. There is almost always something to eat from the garden, usually up to 85% of what's on our plate can be from the garden. Can't get much less expensive than that for edibles.
House prices were almost comparable to the mainland, although the sizes here were much smaller for the same number of bedrooms. Smaller lot sizes, too. But a two bedroom costs about the same here as were we were visiting.
Kurt Wilson
Kurt Wilson