Speaking from experience, it should be growing. In an age of disposable things, your cast iron cookware will last your lifetime, your kids lifetime, and beyond. Further, the more you use it, the better it gets, developing a "seasoning" that makes cleanup a breeze. Folks with properly seasoned skillets don't even use oil when they cook eggs, because with the seasoned pan the eggs will simply swirl around and slide out. Don't forget the Yucateco sauce for those eggs!
In addition, there is nothing like the "coolness factor" of cooking up some man food in a pot or skillet used by your grandparents.
There are multiple fine websites that will not only tell you all you need to know to cook with your cast iron, but will supply all the recipes you could ever want.
Last summer's project was to learn to make bread in the cast iron camp oven. Worked great.
If you are interested, check out Amazon's prices on Lodge cast iron.
Very yummy indeed. I'm using mine to make bake some winter vegetables and also make orange cornbread this evening. Thank God for Sundays.
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