"Ivan McDonagh" wrote in message
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"shazzbat" wrote in
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But I don't care, there's nothing to beat the smug feeling of
knowing
that you grew what you're eating.

Yes, absolutely!

The fulfilment of a dream of some years of growing my own vegies is
the
reason I started in the first place - just for the "smug" factor.

Unfortunately growing vegies will be actually be of quite some
economic
importance to me by this time next year and hence my interest in
factory
fertilisers versus non-factory - I'm sure I will be able to realise my
needs without factory fertiliser but if using factory fertiliser will
be
cheaper in terms of land, currency and labour and doesn't necessarily
sacrifice health and/or taste then I'm all for it.

According to my research (to quote Dorothy Ann), the important thing is
to have soil that is rich in organic matter. If you want to supplement
that with stuff from bags, you probably won't be able to tell the
difference.

Chemical insecticides and the like, however, have to be used with
care -- if you use them at all.

Ray