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5 Reasons To Grow Your Own
Fruit And Vegetables
Having your own vegetable patch
or fruit garden was once commonplace, but fell out of favour as the
food industry become more commercial and supermarkets began to take
over. In recent years however, more and more people have started
explore growing their own produce again. Here we give 5 reasons why
you might consider starting your own kitchen garden.
Freshness
Fruit and vegetables taste better and are healthier if eaten as soon
as possible after picking. Most fruit you buy from supermarkets and
the like is picked well before it is properly ripe, to extend shelf
life, and this usually has an impact on flavour. Growing your own
lets you taste the freshest possible produce as it's meant to taste.
Quality
Commercially grown crops are often selected for their high yields,
uniform appearance and long shelf lives rather than for quality and
taste. When you grow your own, you can concentrate on the quality
rather than the economics.
Price
Much supermarket fresh produce is hugely overpriced, despite their
advertising claims. Growing your own from seed is about as
inexpensive as you can get, and even growing from small plants you
buy is likely to provide you better food at a lower cost. With many
plants, you can use the seed from one growing season to provide
plants for the next - a self sustaining cycle that will cost you
only time and effort to keep going.
Provenance
More and more people have concerns about how our food is produced,
with chemical pesticides and GM food a particular worry. With your
own vegetable patch, you know exactly where your food is from and
how it was grown.
Variety
There are literally thousands of different varieties of fruit and
vegetables, but supermarkets tend to concentrate on only the most
profitable and easy to sell. This means that our choice is often
limited to a few select varieties of apple, for example, rather than
the hundreds of traditional kinds that exist. Growing your own lets
you pick the varieties you like the most, and experiment to find new
ones you'll rarely see on sale.
There is of course a downside to all this - it takes time and
effort. In these increasingly busy times, we might not think we have
the time to spare, but starting small with a few herb plants on your
windowsill, or even the odd tomato plant, will give you a taste of
growing your own and might even be enough to hook you into it for
life!
Andrea is a contributor to
Recipedia Food and Drink
Glossary where you can read about all aspects of food and drink,
from
herbs to
shellfish and more.
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