Fruit and veg prices soar - Some may disappear off the shelves

Davesnave

sb44 wrote: »

Mvengemvenge, your avatar is scaring me! _pale_

:rotfl:

Photo-morphing software has a lot to answer for!

mvengemvenge

sb44 wrote: »

Mvengemvenge, your avatar is scaring me! _pale_

:rotfl:

Lol, something I found on someone's profile years ago.

It's always appealed...

bubblesmoney

used to have fruit trees in our garden abroad, basically low maintenence varieties like coconuts, papayas, pomograntes, mangoes and quite a few vegetables including leafy vegetables. many times we would just throw out the seeds of melons and watermelons in a corner in the garden and water them and they would grow and yield fruits later. we would plant cut stalks of leafy vegetables that we bought and water them and have loads of fresh vegetables often. manytimes too many vegetables used to grow in the garden and friends and neighbours or others who would do odd jobs at home would take the vegetables (beans, and other tropical vegetables) for free. oh the dogs used to have a whale of a time eating the fruits and many times even the peels. one of my dogs used to often stay in hiding when some boys from the street sometimes used to steal from our garden, the dog would wait till they had picked the papayas and then charge at them barking like mad and they would drop everything and run for their lives and the greedy pig oops my dog used to take a bite out of each and every papaya rather than finish one and leave the rest for the birds.

anyway thats enough of stories. was wondering whats easy to grow in the uk with the least amount of effort in ones back garden. would love to grow stuff here too if it didnt involve much effort in the garden. any pointers on what is easy to grow here in the uk and any links to how to go about doing this here without needing a greenhouse. any help much appreciated. not a recession beating idea, i just like the taste of home grown vegetables and fruits, the freshness cant be beaten by whats bought in a supermarket.

mr.broderick

bubblesmoney wrote: »

used to have fruit trees in our garden abroad, basically low maintenence varieties like co!!!!s, papayas, pomograntes, mangoes and quite a few vegetables including leafy vegetables. many times we would just throw out the seeds of melons and watermelons in a corner in the garden and water them and they would grow and yield fruits later. we would plant cut stalks of leafy vegetables that we bought and water them and have loads of fresh vegetables often. manytimes too many vegetables used to grow in the garden and firends and neighbours or others who would do odd jobs at home would take the vegetables (beans, and other tropical vegetables) for free. oh the dogs used to have a whale of a time eating the fruits and many times even the peels. one of my dogs used to often stay in hiding when some boys from the street sometimes used to steal from our garden, the dog would wait till they had picked the papayas and then charge at them barking like mad and they would drop everything and run for their lives and the greedy pig oops my dog used to take a bite out of each and every papaya rather than finish one and leave the rest for the birds.

anyway thats enough of stories. was wondering whats easy to grow in the uk with the least amount of effort in ones back garden. would love to grow stuff here too if it didnt involve much effort in the garden. any pointers on what is easy to grow here in the uk and any links to how to go about doing this here without needing a greenhouse. any help much appreciated. not a recession beating idea, i just like the taste of home grown vegetables and fruits, the freshness cant be beaten by whats bought in a supermarket.

Yeah think the recession may be beginning to bite.
Got one of those old 6ft sunbed things in the loft not been used for years, might start growing a bit of weed up there.

bubblesmoney

mr.broderick wrote: »

Yeah think the recession may be beginning to bite.
Got one of those old 6ft sunbed thinngs in the loft not been used for years, might start growing a bit of weed up there.

i wasnt planning on growing vegetables because of the recession. far from it, i just like the idea of being able to eat things that i have grown in my own garden. try it sometime u might like it as well. i am not saying that u will save money or that it is worth the hassle, it wont suit all people but some people will like the experience. it keeps people fit in their old age as well if they are into gardening etc as they get their daily exercise in the garden as well.

mr.broderick

bubblesmoney wrote: »

i wasnt planning on growing vegetables because of the recession. far from it, i just like the idea of being able to eat things that i have grown in my own garden. try it sometime u might like it as well. i am not saying that u will save money or that it is worth the hassle, it wont suit all people but some people will like the experience. it keeps people fit in their old age as well if they are into gardening etc as they get their daily exercise in the garden as well.

I really like you.

bubblesmoney

mr.broderick wrote: »

I really like you.

if true then that makes up in some way for the two people who put me on ignore today for not writing in paragraphs and not typing capitals at the beginning of sentences. happy new year

Davesnave

bubblesmoney wrote: »

i wasnt planning on growing vegetables because of the recession. far from it, i just like the idea of being able to eat things that i have grown in my own garden. try it sometime u might like it as well. i am not saying that u will save money or that it is worth the hassle, it wont suit all people but some people will like the experience. it keeps people fit in their old age as well if they are into gardening etc as they get their daily exercise in the garden as well.

See the Greenfingered Forum in about two months time. Too cold to kick off with anything now; in fact late March is early enough for most things without specialist gear, like heated propagators.

Mr B had better watch out. The fuzz use the heat seeking heli-cameras to pick out unusually warm lofts!:rotfl:

bubblesmoney

Davesnave wrote: »

See the Greenfingered Forum in about two months time. Too cold to kick off with anything now; in fact late March is early enough for most things without specialist gear, like heated propagators.

Mr B had better watch out. The fuzz use the heat seeking heli-cameras to pick out unusually warm lofts!:rotfl:

better not eat / grow too many potatoes or beans etc or the loft may be unusually warm in the following days and might distract those cameras:p

neverdespairgirl

bubblesmoney wrote: »

was wondering whats easy to grow in the uk with the least amount of effort in ones back garden. would love to grow stuff here too if it didnt involve much effort in the garden. any pointers on what is easy to grow here in the uk and any links to how to go about doing this here without needing a greenhouse. any help much appreciated. not a recession beating idea, i just like the taste of home grown vegetables and fruits, the freshness cant be beaten by whats bought in a supermarket.

My Dad says he recomends new spuds, tomatoes, runner beans, red cabbage, corgettes, and carrots.

Apple and plum trees do very well in the fruit line.