Gardens can definitely save several hundred dollars a year, but you need protein too. And that's hard to grow in a small backyard garden.

Wal-Mart sells 20-pound bags of long grain rice for about $12. And for about $15, you can buy enough powdered milk to make 20 quarts. Throw in some dried beans and some economy-size Dinty Moore Beef Stew, and you have enough food to feed a family for weeks for about the same as you would pay for a single case of MRE's.

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