09/16/2025
For me it’s completely seasonal as I grow / raise (sometimes forage) a good amount of what I eat so what I need to buy changes. Over summer and fall around $2-300 a month to keep up on the staples, winter and spring $3-400. What I eat changes depending on the season with preference to eat as much as I raise as possible. I’ve been eating a lot of pears, plums, peaches and figs this year as the harvest was plentiful. Pears and plums came with property, my fig trees are still starting so I was able to harvest a bunch of figs and peaches from a neighbor. I’m freezing and dehydrating much more than I have over past years, super stoked about that. Much of my orchards (that I planted) are just starting to provide, stoked for jujube’s in a month or so and too excited for my pawpaw’s to start bearing fruit, hopefully next year. I never have food waste at all, everything gets eaten by me or my hens if I can’t keep up or grew too much of anything or the fruits hit the ground before I harvest. I compost everything that’s left.