Thanks Matt, it's a small garden about 36x28 ft and the soil when I started only 4-5 years ago was clay that's like cement when it dries up. We had a triaxle of top soil (10 tonnes) mixed in, and several tractor buckets of composted manure brought in. Then all that remained after the failed crops, goes into this soil. This is the second year of winter rye aka green manure, very cheap at $20 for a big bag. It's supposed to ammend the soil.
Of course it's not cost effective for us, produce in the store will be cheaper. The garden is happy thought for me, more of a hobby. Plus the few tomatoes we got from the garden last year were so tasty, so were the cucumbers. Nothing in the store compares, and we bought mostly organic produce.
From what I hear everything is much cheaper, including the soil delivery. Well, not sure what you can do about the 60,000 square feet of lawn. If I had that I'm sure I'd be thinking of making it an orchard. I like the idea of plants that give us something. Or garden like the old English estates have, flowers and paths going around bushes, and benches for old people and young couples alike, to hide from the oldies.
