Just to get an average please list: amount per month, # of people and state you live in.

$240, 6 people, Ohio

-- Melissa (cmnorris@1st.net), October 15, 2001

Answers

Way too much, $400 a month for 2 in Ky. but I buy lots of organic. I hope to cut that down some this year with the things I canned from our garden.

-- Barb in Ky. (bjconthefarm@yahoo.com), October 15, 2001.

We spend between $250.00 and $300.00 per month for 3. Still working on it.

-- Darcy in NW WA (gatecity@att.net), October 15, 2001.

About 275.00 for 3 adults and 1 child a month.

-- Micheale from SE Kansas (mbfrye@totelcsi.net), October 15, 2001.

About $350.00 a month for three adults and two kids - but that amount will decrease in December when our pigs and turkeys hit the freezer.

-- Cheryl in KS (cherylmccoy@rocketmail.com), October 15, 2001.

$340.00, 4 adults, 1 teen, Ohio. This is an average - depends on what we have from the garden or if we have rabbit and chicken in the freezer.

-- Terry - NW Ohio (aunt_tm@hotmail.com), October 15, 2001.

average $250 per month for 2 adults in Western NY. Sometimes I think the animals eat better than we do. But since we eventually eat the animals, I guess it evens out. :)

-- Charleen in WNY (harperhill@eznet.net), October 15, 2001.

$160-180, 5 people and in TN. Tracy

-- tracy emily in TN (emilyfarms@tsixroads.com), October 15, 2001.

Averages about $100-$150/month with two of us in Mass.

Wishing you enough.

-- Trevilians (aka Dianne in Mass) (Trevilians@mediaone.net), October 15, 2001.

$400.00 for a family of five, 2 adults, 2 teens, 1 little one in NE OH.

-- Kathy (jubilant@ncweb.com), October 15, 2001.

Do we count what we spend at the feed store?? I typically spend about $10.00/week at grocery store and almost $25 at the feed store. There are two of us and I live in Michigan. Many months I spend zero at the grocery store since I buy bulk at Sam's club a few times a year.

-- diane (gardiacaprines@yahoo.com), October 15, 2001.

I count money I spend for chicken feed, but not for horse and dog feed. Because so far I haven't had to eat any of the horses!

-- Melissa (me@home.net), October 15, 2001.

I'm learning from the posts, but until I get it working... $480/mo. , 7 people (five kids under the age of 12), and we live in NE. :o) I hope to really cut that back, with having our own chickens, turkeys, and lots of room to garden.

-- notnow (notnow05@yahoo.com), October 15, 2001.

$200 per month; 2 adults, 3 teenagers; Missouri

-- Winona in MO (thompsonwin45@hotmail.com), October 16, 2001.

Hello Melissa, Not counting dog, cat, and chicken feed, we spend about $120-140 per month on food. Sinceely, Ernest

-- http://communities.msn.com/livingoffthelandintheozarks (espresso42@hotmail.com), October 16, 2001.

I refuse to post here on the grounds that it might incriminate me. (See posts under Grocery Shopping 101)

-- Greenthumbelina (sck8107@aol.com), October 16, 2001.

I"ve gone from a high of $400 a month for 2 people down to around $200 a month. I'm still a homesteading wannabe living in the city (Indianapolis, IN) so we don't have livestock and just a tiny garden.

-- Sherri C (CeltiaSkye@aol.com), October 16, 2001.

2 adults. four dogs, two cats and small flock of chickens: people and dog/cat food=$100/month..chickens=$7.95 every two months.

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), October 18, 2001.

About $800.00 per month for four adults. we buy all organic, and eat mostly fruit and vegetables, no meat, or fish, just nuts and seeds. Oct. 21, 2002. M

-- Mercedes (shakti4@dellepro.com), October 21, 2002.