"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Gilly" contains these words:

Yesterday I ate my first ever home-grown potatoes and they were
absolutely
delicious. I didn't realise they would taste so much better than
shop-bought
produce.

Just wait till you taste your first home-grown tomatoes, lettuce,
beans, sweetcorn, peas, mangetout....

Janet
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I totally agree with the delights of home grown~~ though I have begun
to make a few exceptions. Peas~~ the grandchildren recently asked " Why
can't you grow real peas?" They missed the very first pickings and an even
cropping is very ephemeral. They've become used to frozen peas of a standard
quality throughout the year!!
Swede turnips~~ours have never been able to compete with red soil
specimens~~ we use a lot.
Main crop carrots, to be stored, are no better [usually worse] than
'boughten' and my neighbour can supply late potatoes cheaper than I can buy
the seed. He grows hundreds of tons and a number of varieties. They are as
near 'home-grown as makes no difference.
With few exceptions I have always preferred immature vegetables~~ these,
and the unusual, are the most outstanding from the garden.
Best Wishes Brian