Quote:where I live if you make $10 an hour it's considered to be doing well...tomatoes are $3.99 a pound for the cheapest (in season) more out of season, potatoes are $5 for 5 pounds, regular hamburger is nearly $4 a pound and close to $5 for the lean stuff, a 3 pound chuck roast is $21 a family pack of chicken breasts are at least $20, a gallon of milk is over $4. cauliflower is $3.99 broccoli is a little cheaper... Oranges are $1 each or $8.99 for 5 pounds... 

 

A 6-pack of tomato seedlings is $3.99 at Jones & Hall nursery.  So, 75 cents for a tomato plant which with a little care will yield 30 or 40 medium tomatoes in a 3 month season.  A 6-pack will yield roughly 200 tomatoes, call it 100 lbs of tomatoes if they average 8-oz each.  Your $3.99 seedlings will grow $400 worth of tomatoes.  Try a determinate variety first.  They are much easier to grow than indeterminate varieties.

---