Small update

I am very aware that I haven't added to this blog for ages, so here goes.

We are starting to harvest the potatoes and the few that we have had, thus far taste completely fantastic! The difference is just amazing and they are well worth the wait. We have been eating our own home grown salad for ages now and again, the difference in taste from the shop bought stuff is very noticeable indeed.

As a result of this and also because there are several Farmers Markets around here, we have decided to ditch the Veg Box Scheme we are subscribing to. The quality of the produce in the boxes has deteriorated - it started off as very good indeed, but as the weeks have gone on, we have noticed that the quality has slowly been getting worse and now, we cannot eat some of the stuff in there, before it goes off and has to be thrown away. Going to Farmer's Markets, will, we feel stop the waste. We can see what we are getting, before we get it and can just buy what we need, knowing what there is in the garden, for instance. We shall see how it goes, so watch this space!

There was some research published recently, about organic produce not having any more nutritional value than non organic. Shock, Horror! Apart from the way the survey was done (if the newspapers are to be believed) it seems to have completely overlooked the fact that those of us, who choose organic, like we do, do so not for the nutritional value, but because it is better for the environment. Yet another case, I feel of a set of facts and figures being tailored to the writer's perspective, rather than being approached with an open mind and letting the facts prove whatever it is they actually prove!