In message , Alan Gould
writes

goods. One chap asked us what we did to the salads and veggies to make
them so much better than shop bought ones. I told him "It isn't what we
do to them, it's what we don't do, we just let them grow naturally"

I'd be surprised if you were growing the same varieties as the
mainstream commercial farmers sell to shops. Selecting commercial
varieties for long shelf life, uniform size and crop timing doesn't
leave much room for taste or texture.

One thing I like about Organic(TM) farmers is that they grow more
interesting minority cultivars that actually taste better.

Even the humble golden delicious apple can actually taste reasonable if
grown on a rootstock that isn't intended to pump them up big and
quickly. And properly ripened crops freshly picked for the table always
taste better.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown