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Uncle Marvo · 13-09-2006, 10:38 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:46:08 +0100, "Uncle Marvo"
wrote:

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :

On 12/9/06 15:49, in article , "Uncle
Marvo" wrote:

In reply to Sacha ) who wrote this in
, I, Marvo, say :
snip Try the Chilean Montes Alpha range one day.

I can't. I have a policy to only buy stuff which has done no
significant damage to the environment. Chilean is far too far away
in terms of burning carbon.

And I won't shop in TESCO because they are scumbags (JMHO of which
I have evidence should anyone want it).

I'm with you on the air miles but I do like the wine.... OTOH, I
don't find it necessary to buy asparagus from Peru. We get our
wine from Majestic, among others.

The wine is good, but it's cheap, I'm sure that's the
planet-destroying reason for the imports. There is almost certainly
a more local market for it. And I am led to believe that the
destruction of the tropical rain forests is in no small part due to
the demand for grape. One day, and very soon I think with the
climate we're experiencing, English wine will be more than adeqate
...

TESCO sell baby corn and mange tout imported from somewhere in
Africa, Tanzania, I think. I had one once and was very, very ill with
staphyllococcal poisoning, really thought i was going to die.

If you really must buy it, wash it. In bleach. Or safer, boil it.
Best not to buy anything from them, actually, as they "pass on all
the benefits to their customers". That's why they made £2B profit
last year, I expect. And why all the local shops are now TESCO
express and have pantechnicons permanently parked outside them,
mainly on zebra crossings and traffic lights, and are otherwise
roaring round housing estates looking for the shop. Grrrrrrr.

Did you mention that 40% of the goods traffic on UK roads is supplying
supermarkets?

No, but only because I didn't know :-)

I suspect that 40% of the non-goods traffic on UK roads is salesmen either
working for the supermarkets or selling to them, too.

I love cruising my boat up to Thrapston, there's a bridge over the river,
the A14 main trunk between the Midlands and the docks at Harwich. Seeing the
lorries trundling up and down, and seeing where they come from ...

Made in China/Hong Kong/Poland (mostly). What happened to so-and-so-bros of
ENGLAND, eh? Eh?

I buy /all/ my veg from Mr G Hone, fruiterer, of Farnham, Surrey who
guarantees that his produce comes from where it says it comes from, mainly
very local. If it isn't in season, I don't have it.

Luckily I don't like bananas :-)

And, not in a gardening vein, I buy 95% of my clothes from charity shops.
That way, I get them for next to nothing and someone else has already burnt
the carbon. Might as well make use of it!