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Niamh. · 23-04-2019, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Nicky91

yes this is true, here when they label certain foods as organical (vegetables without pesticides on them against lice and other contaminating bugs) and charge a lot more for it, while quality from normal vegetables or organical isn't much difference from the grocery store

i already have fruits from my own garden, and now also since recent years more vegetables than before, it is also quite good quality and cheaper when you grow it yourself in your garden

strawberries for example, in the store they are soooo dense and lacking flavour, while homegrown they are great texture and lots, lots of flavour

I'm planning on doing a small vegetable patch in my garden this summer too Nicky

Livia · 23-04-2019, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I'm planning on doing a small vegetable patch in my garden this summer too Nicky

Alex is planning to grow veg this year. I predict it's never going to happen. Unless the process includes some kind of computer program or video game, or it encompasses hitting a ball with a bat, there's no way....

I buy my eggs from a farm where the chickens are so free range they try to get in the car with you when you leave.

Liam- · 23-04-2019, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

A friend of mine was dealing with a "free range" farmer through work one time and he told her that free range guidelines are pretty misleading. people imagine chickens running free on farms all day, when in fact to qualify (and charge much more for the eggs and meat) as free range, they only have to have the chickens outside for a small percentage of time everyday so alot of times free range isn't much better. i was really disappointed to learn that. (This was in Ireland, not sure if it's the same rules in Britain or not)

Oh

Better than nothing I suppose

Kazanne · 23-04-2019, 11:35 AM

It's vile all of it , apparently chickens are the worst treated of all the animals , but the gross goings on ,on those farms is disgusting and inhumane , we will pay for our terrible treatment of animals infact I'm quite sure it's already started . we are too arrogant to ever learn.

Vicky. · 23-04-2019, 11:56 AM

As for growing own stuff, does my daughter planting a full bloody pineapple in the ground to 'grow a pineapple tree' count? Heh. That makes me remember, we still have to remove that. We left it as she was hysterical at the thought of it being taken out and its doesn't matter as such, but I wonder if shes forgotten it yet.

Shes also in the past planted potatoes, this was ages back...will that actualy grow some?

We should probably have a little garden come to think of it as shes so into growing stuff. We would have to kind of half our small garden, and a big issue I think would be, theres only a few inches between the grass and the cement underneath! Mind, the 'few inches' was enough to bury a pineapple almost completely I guess

My grandad had a large veg garden, some of my most fond memories are of me nicking his peapods off the bush constantly and getting wrong for it but they were bloody lush!

Niamh. · 23-04-2019, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vicky.

As for growing own stuff, does my daughter planting a full bloody pineapple in the ground to 'grow a pineapple tree' count? Heh. That makes me remember, we still have to remove that. We left it as she was hysterical at the thought of it being taken out and its doesn't matter as such, but I wonder if shes forgotten it yet.

Shes also in the past planted potatoes, this was ages back...will that actualy grow some?

We should probably have a little garden come to think of it as shes so into growing stuff. We would have to kind of half our small garden, and a big issue I think would be, theres only a few inches between the grass and the cement underneath! Mind, the 'few inches' was enough to bury a pineapple almost completely I guess

My grandad had a large veg garden, some of my most fond memories are of me nicking his peapods off the bush constantly and getting wrong for it but they were bloody lush!

I bought a starter pack of seeds for mine, they weren't expensive and I reckon you would have enough soil, just get some compost and top soil too. You should get her into it, it'd be a good interest for her

Vicky. · 23-04-2019, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I bought a starter pack of seeds for mine, they weren't expensive and I reckon you would have enough soil, just get some compost and top soil too. You should get her into it, it'd be a good interest for her

Aye, but surely stuff like taties need a hell of a lot of space to grow? We would only realistically grow peapods, potatoes, carrots and turnip, maybe brocoli if poss. As thats all anyone eats!

Good luck with yours