Laura asks…
Do you think growing your own vegetables is better than buying at a Farmer’s Market?Why?
why?
GardenersCardiff answers:
Try growing in your own garden and then maybe supplementing with stuff from a Farmer’s market. Buying at a Farmer’s Market where local growers sell is good because it’s better than buying at the store and you can ask the people how they grew it, what chemicals they used, etc.
Ken asks…
Are you growing your own fruit and vegetables to beat the high shop prices now?
Lettuce is so expensive now!
Nelly: There are lots of good books on the subject. Reader’s Digest being one of the best!
GardenersCardiff answers:
No I haven’t grown anything to beat the high shop prices now. I have been growing for years for control on how much ripening my produce gets. For taste by choosing my favourite sort. For the fun and exercise and fresh air. For the Flavour most of all. Basically for my pleasure. The cost has not been a factor and I have planted for many years. It is an added bonus not to pay the hideous prices for such poor quality produce sometimes, but my biggest reason is a love of growing things. And how handy to be creating some dish and realise you need a bay leaf, some oregano and a tomato and a capsicum. Just wander down and select which one you want and how much you want. I recommend this hobby to you if you are three years old or 93. It is fun.
Nancy asks…
If you were fined $5000 for growing your “own” vegetables, on your “own” land,…would you pay?
No,..you read the question correctly.
‘A Georgia resident who has been an organic farmer for years is now facing $5000 dollars in fines for growing too many vegetables on his OWN land. That’s right. Steve Miller, who has sold some of his produce at local farmers markets, as well as growing food for himself, is likely the victim of an Online Aerial Invasion of Property.’
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-farmer-fined-5k-for-growing-too-many-vegetables/story-e6frfku0-1225921745275
Recent reports of Local & State Officials and Bureaucrats using online mapping software have now become mainstream tools for assessing fines and generating money for cash strapped local & state budgets. Does it seem right that anywhere that Google Maps & Bing Maps can go is legal to use as a source of information. If a person was bathing in their pool, with every expectation of privacy, and someone peeked over a fence, wouldn’t that constitute a criminal offense?
Is government today at a point where the end justifies the means? In January and February, when he received his first citations, Steve was able to get the property re-zoned allowing him to grow his garden – a right MOST AMERICANS believe he already had. The Declaration of Independence states one’s inalienable right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Isn’t growing your own personal food supply an exercise of that right to Life and Liberty? No Constitutional Government can assess any fee for exercising these inalienable rights.
Are people going to let this FASCIST TAKEOVER to continue – even growing a garden in the privacy of our own personal property be taken away? If the answer is NO – then what are you prepared to do about it?
That’s right,…
WHAT ARE YOU PREPARED TO DO ABOUT IT????
ALL THOUGHTS WELCOME,..AS USUAL.
GardenersCardiff answers:
The government is trying to stop organic farming period.
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