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Cost accounting question 2017-07-27 12:31:56 Post No. 2886302
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Suppose I'm an amateur gardener who owns several clay pots in which I grow vegetables. I want to know the total-cost-per-harvested-plant.
Now, everyone knows that ceramic survives forever given how much ancient pottery survives, so I feel a little silly trying to allocate the cost of these pots over their "useful lifespan", since their useful lifespan is basically infinite for all practical purposes. It also doesn't make sense to me to assign their entire cost to the first harvest only, since I intend to use them many times. Thirdly, I even considered some sort of "opportunity cost of capital" thing where their periodic expense is equal to the foregone proceeds from reselling them on Kijiji, but this is pretty hard to measure.
Does anyone have any creative ideas? Thanks so much.
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>>2886302
Some handsome carrots you got there friendo.
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>>2886302
Depreciate their value over three years. Lots can happen rendering a pot useless in that time despite their durability. This is standard practice.
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>>2886352
Solid advice right here.
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>>2886352
>>2886378
I see, thanks. That's pretty rough Anon. It means I've basically spent $0.24 per bean plant (not too bad I guess), and $15 for a single tomato plant, and around $7 each for a couple of berry bushes that only fruit twice a year (fucking insanity).
Moral of the story: If you're a landless person, gardening is a waste of time.
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>>2886442
Depending on circumstances you could consider the fruit or vegetables you prefer that are most expensive near you and consider it a long term investment in both grocery cost and your health.
Other than that, consider it a hobby.
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>>2886442
there are options for urban space gardening other than pots. The plants will always produce better with larger pots but you'd also be surprised how much sun vegetables need. Less dirt also means you need to manage nutrients more actively as well.
Plants are breddy cool anyway. Don't give up.
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