Published on 12, July, 2020
So I have heard the reports that meat is high on the carbon footprint scale, although I believe chicken isn't sooo bad.
But I also received an email from an online 'heritage butcher' that I've used before. The owner is starting a campaign called 'Save our Season', to try and lobby for a seasonality tax. The idea being, we pay x for British Asparagus, and y (which is nigh on the same) for imported asparagus, when British isn't in season. I say asparagus... I do use lidls as well as waitrose...
But this got me thinking... his aim was it would promote reduced food miles, seasonal eating and quality/welfare. He also suggested that the commonly published footprints for various meats aren't what they appear... as they take into account the average food miles as well as cow farts...?
I'm not anticipating getting any livestock, but I am wondering how much of our veg I can grow myself?
Has anyone got some suggestions for useful things to grow? (That are legal!) I'm going to have another go at Trinidad Perfume Chilli's, and I've got a good stock of Red Bull sweet pepper seeds from the last couple of years. But trying to think of some more things to grow, in particular (but not limited to) those that tend to be imported (?)
I'm also tempted to have another go at growing mushrooms, but probably from a proper kit rather than grain spawn like I did last year...
That impressive! Yours? ;-)
Chris said:Yours
I cant grow one like that...
Totally buggered my tomatoes... looking back it said: sow on top of soil and cover with 1.5mm soil... I put them in holes I dibbered 5mm to 1cm... so they're most like dead from the start. Been 11days now. I'll leave them another 4 days and if nothing have another pack I can sow properly.
The cucamelons and peppers are fine at the depth. Have had one of my red bull sweet pepper seeds through:
Ended up back at garden centre.
Had already panted up 40/48 cells...
14x Trinidad Perfume Peppers
18x Red Bull Sweet Peppers
8x Veranda Red Dwarf Tomatoes
So had 8 spare cells...
Trip to garden centre early this morning to get some more Veranda Red seeds. Lovely and quiet, but when I went to pick up the tomato seeds, I then got distracted by a pack of cucamelon seeds as above. So ended up with both and just planted 8 cucamelon seeds...
Noticed I've now got one shoot through, one of the Veranda red dwarf tomatoes. I've got each row, or for mixed rows each cell, marked with the plant. I think that fairly quick, so I put it down to heat mat. Now contemplating a second mat so I can get a third propagator on the go, despite not having room for all these plants... I have prepared a bunch of mates to have them forced on them!
Having said that, may have planted far more seeds than my window sill can handle anyway!
Got a dwarf variety thinking they'd fit window sill better... didn't know the contents were small too!! F#ckers. T&M not you guys lol
Chris said:Those bloody tomato seeds cost £3.49
Why didn't you get a tomato, cut it open and plant those seeds, hell, get two tomatoes and do it.
Those bloody tomato seeds cost £3.49!! I've nearly finished filling the first two propagator trays, the compost pellets are in, the Trinidad Perfume Chilli's and Dolce Italiano/Red Bull pepper seeds are in... came to the tomatoes... £3.49 for 8 ruddy seeds!! *#&$,€$$&,#÷*$&÷;,
testes
The first thing I saw was a handful of planets.
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testes.
At least I won't have that issue with my cucamelons...
erotic.
don't grow a turnip because some of those can look quite phallic, and we don't want to terrify the clergy (laughs maniacally).
I'm limited to window sill areas this year. We've got a garden, but as you say, it's the heat... I made the mistake of introducing my pepper to garden far too early last year! Almost destroyed...
I have found a seedling heat mat does wonders! It raises +10c on ambient temp, and runs about 10-20watts/hr, depending on size of the mat.
They can be £20+ but I've had mine for 3 years and, although I haven't plugged it in this year, is still working. :-)
Looks good. Need heat and I'm too tight to keep them warm plus I couldn't put a greenhouse in my second floor flat. Well, I could, but It wouldn't work haha. God, now I'm trying to make it work in my head - thanks...
I did successfully grow Courgettes once when I lived in a house with a massive garden.
Home grown organic corn is the tastiest thing on Earth. (so far)