Archive for October 30th, 2007

No More Sitting On The Fence

Looks like I’ll have to chuck out my Miracle Grow and Pest Away spray and embrace the organic life style. From now on there will be no more cutting corners or acting on a whim. Why?

Well, preliminary test results from the biggest ever study show that organic produce is way more nutritious than non-organic produce. Organic farmers and supporters have been saying this for years but with no convincing science to back it up I, along with the Food Standard Agency, did not think one kind of growing superior to the other. I’ve been fertilising one crop with bone meal from organically reared animals and handpicked sea weed while dosing others with popular liquid mixes of Nitrogen, Phosphates and Boron. And I’ve been buying organic fruit and vegetables only when the produce looked as fresh as the non organic option, and was on special offer.

But those days are over.

Even if it will cost me in money and effort I will establish organic habits both on the allotment and in supermarkets. But when they publish the finished study in a year’s time and the results prove inconclusive or in favour of non-organic produce I can’t be held accountable for my reaction. You’ve been warned.

P.S I am struggling a little bit with the composting at the moment but more of that another day – It’s terrible though. I feel like I have sinned.

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