"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"Sacha" wrote ...
"Christina Websell" said:
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I never grow anything that I can buy more cheaply. It's a waste of my
land.

In a fairly brief period when my family had a veg patch going, that was
our philosophy. There didn't seem much point in growing very standard
veg if you could buy it cheaply and without the tiresome effort. OTOH,
this was well before the current interest in organic food and/or what is
put onto food before we buy and eat it.

I think your last comment is relevant these days, few people now grow to
save money indeed our allotments are so expensive nobody around here could
save money by growing their own (£100+ per annum for 10 rods) especially
when one considers the other costs involved, manure, fertilizer, lime,
seed, tools, travel, .....
If we went along with the cheaper theory we would hardly grow anything,
certainly not potatoes, but we like fresh veg and the varieties we like
and which don't appear in the shops, we also like to know what's in and on
our veg, so to get that we have to grow our own.
This also ignores the fun element, why not grow Borlotti Beans or anything
else just to learn. Most of us here have grown stuff just to see what
happens, so why not veg too.
A Savoy would be a wonderful addition to a flower border. :-)
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Nah. Savoys are for the table, chard is for the border.

But I agree with you about the fun element. It's great in spring to see a
row of seedlings appearing, and of course there's nothing like the smug
feeling you get from knowing you grew what's on your plate. I like to sit
down to a meal and say "grew that, grew that, grew that".

I could smug for England.

Steve