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Growing your own food and foraging can help tackle your ballooning grocery bill. Here's how to start (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For all you urban gardeners out there. Article is Sydney based cos abc, but still valid. Good balance of ALL the factors involved including the downsides.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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But done cleverly and cheaply, you can cut your food bills with fresh greens, vegetables, herbs and even by foraging.

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Good quality growing compost will improve harvest yields and save you money longer term.

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Old food-safe containers, plastic pots or even repurposed household items can be an easy way to start growing.

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While more expensive up front, hydroponics offer a more controlled growing environment to ensure higher yields and protect your plants against extreme or unpredictable weather as the climate changes.

If you plant onions, cabbage and broccoli, you'll find they take up space in the garden, grow reasonably slowly and only yield a harvest once.

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After all, times are tough and one of the best things we can do is stay connected to our local communities and feel comforted by knowing we're not alone — help is at hand.

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The original article contains 980 words, the summary contains 159 words. Saved 84%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Bro. Telling me how many sentences skipped is annoying. Telling me how many sentences skipped in bold is ridiculous. You are taking up more space and demanding attention with bold than your 'summaries'

The summary on my tablet is 15 lines. Your intro, outro and telling me how much you skipped is 22 lines. So, this summary can be shortened by 59%.

Signal to noise is atrocious.

Gonna have to block you😞