Yup, today I finished the last slice of peach pie, along with some plain yogurt. Since the pie is $1.25 or so, and a serving of Pavel's Russian yogurt (made here in Oakland) is about 50¢, I'm a bit over budget. Oh well, it sure taste's good!!
The pizza from last night survived long enough for lunch, and I had it with some fresh garden salad -- as in, from MY garden. Lettuce, carrot, green beans (purple ones, too), radish and fresh herbs make a tasty summer salad. Tomorrow I might add some potatoes and half a can of tuna for a salad nicoise (about 75¢ for half a can of tuna).
A lot of people don't know that fruit and vegetable seeds (and strawberry plants) can be purchased with Food Stamps. A $2 pack of lettuce or radish seeds will yield a lot more than that in fresh produce. I've got three heads of lettuce waiting for the axe, er, table, and I've still got plenty of seeds left.
One doesn't need a huge yard to raise edible veggies; my friend I. grows lettuce, herbs and tomatoes on his downtown Oakland balcony.
We've got tomatoes, crookneck squash, pickling cucumbers, pumpkin, green and purple beans, potatoes, carrots, radish, watermelon, sweet peppers, and fresh herbs. A few of the tomatoes were purchased as plants; everything else was from seed. Some of the seeds we received for free in seed swaps with other gardeners.
