Ok big gardens plus an early Mai Lynn pick up is a lot more profitable than I realized it would be. It's day 7 in my current game. I have 3 big gardens and just picked up Mai Lynn today. Mai Lynn costs $16k to buy. The gardens are really cheap, so day 7 those are combining for a $1650/day profit/food cost savings. That's roughly equivalent to having both the investments in both the General Store and the Weapon shop at the end of the first week, and that assumes the bonus for Skullduggery and an accountant which isn't needed for this. I haven't cleared the scrap pile yet so I can't build a 4th garden but I might when I do until I get to the point where I NEED a Dojo... Market price for food was actually even higher a few days ago.