On 27 Apr, 10:04, "'Mike'" wrote:
"Dave Hill" wrote in message

ups.com...
I was just thinking about my younger days when we didn't have fruit
and veg flown in from all round the world.
We used to grow dwarf French beans as they would crop 2 weeks earlier
than runner beans sown on the same date. French beans take 10 weeks
from sowing to picking whilst runners are 12 weeks.
We used to pick Broad bean pods when they were finger size and slice
them like runner beans, the first green beans of the season.
The first English Strawberries would make £1.00 a pound as would the
first English tomatoes.
Eggs were always more expensive in the winter as the chickens in those
days tended to stop laying in the winter.
Ah! Those were the days.
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

Dave this was the 'theme' or whatever you want to call it a few days ago
about Great Britain importing too much stuff and us not being self
supporting, or at least somewhere near self supporting.

I feel we should be worried about our reliance on imports of EVERYTHING.
Just think for a while, it wouldn't take much to block our ports and thus
nothing could be brought in. I thought about this when the subject came up.
Even with my limited knowledge, I, and a very small team and the right
military hardware, could close all ports within 6 hours and keep them closed
for a very very very long time.

Think about it, so could you, or anyone.

:-((

Mike

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Forget about blocking the ports, harbours etc. as well as being able
to close every airport and landing strip in the UK.
I do think it's madness when in the middle of the summer with runner
beans growing everywhere you go into a supermarket and see sliced
runner beans from Zimbabwe, as if we can't slice beans in this
country.
Parsnips flown in from New Zeland in August, who the hell wants
parsnips in the middle of the summer. and I could go on and I am sure
someone else here will do just that.
David Hill
Abacus Nurtseries.