we have been having that discussion here today so we were wondering if you have a bug planted here
we have a friend fairly large arable ,it was so funny ,watching him trying to guess what was what in my polytunnel ,although he's good on potatoes
we have been growing our own for years mainly because of taste although it has seen us though some bad times
49 pence packet of seed ,con produce 90 pounds worth of veg
i get a lot of complaints about taste ,
they don't taste like i remember ,
generally i have to explain it's not farmers faults
they tend to blame it on the sprays that are used .
people will also not want anything that has a mark on it or not uniform size(unless it's organic and they pay a fortune for it ) :confused1:,but they don't want sprays or fertilizer on it
i tend to explain it varieties that are used ,because they have to travel ,and you get people that pick up a box and shake them
so they have to be tough veg
it can stack up french beans from kenya 1.99 per 250g one plant will produce that and they are quite easy to grow
you've got to be able to cook and freeze as well although with different types you can get 8 months production out of most things
we don't bother with potatoes though loads of wire worm in the soil and cheap enough by the sack
chickens on farms were what we were really talking about as 4 chickens will provide for the house on next to nothing ,they could even be feed screenings off the combine ,and eggs are expensive now ,
although meat birds are much more expensive home grown than anything you will ever buy from a supermarket