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Old 20-09-2013, 06:00 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Bob Hobden Bob Hobden is offline
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Default Home grown veg. are the best

"Broadback" wrote

"Baz" wrote
But costly.
I have worked out that it would be far cheaper to buy from supermarkets.
The seeds cost next to nothing. (well mine do)
It is the manure and fertilisers, labour and pest control that cost the
most imo. Let alone failures.
I am not sure that I will continue growing some of the things I have
grown
in the past.
I will always grow potatoes, tomatoes, peas, broad beans and runner
beans.
They seem to be, for me anyway, reliable every year.

I wonder what others think.

Baz

I agree with you Baz, with slight changes. I remove tomatoes because I am
never successful with outdoor ones I remove peas, because of the problem
with supporting them (almost as difficult as supporting my wife). Also I
would add French beans, I grew them for the first time this year, they were
a great success. I also grow a few lettuce and beetroot. That is now my
lot!

But what about the Winter veg? Sprouts, Cabbage, Savoy. Leeks and Parsnips.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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