"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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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Bob Hobden wrote:
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,

Blimey, that's an expensive allotment!

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.

I grow borlotti beans cos they just look so pretty! And it's fun sending
the kids looking for them.

A Savoy would be a wonderful addition to a flower border. :-)

Heh, from here I can see my hanging basket with the Accidental Brussels
Sprout. I have no idea how I accidentally planted a sprout in the hanging
basket when I was making it up, but it is the damned healthiest one I've had
all year! It seems to have escaped the butterfly ravaging the rest got
(despite being outdoors when the rest were indoors!), although it's been a
bit overwhelmed with aphids of late.

wrote ((SNIP))
Bob Hobden wrote:
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,

Blimey, that's an expensive allotment!

Looked it up, it's actually £11.90 per rod so £119.00 per 10 rods. Probably
the dearest in the country?
There are slight reductions for paying by DD and a 50% reduction for OAPs.
No hoses allowed, water troughs but nothing else provided, I and another
chap cut the grass roadways.
--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

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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

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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.



We usually have our roast dinner on Saturday nights and its great to
think that all the meal is local. Lamb from the farm up the road, all
the veg from the garden, pud is usually fruit from the garden or
hedgerows.

Only things we cant source locally are gravy granules, salt and coffee!
Milk is supposedly Welsh, but there are no dairy farms around here so it
is probably from West Wales!

Smug from Wales