Re: CONFESSIONS
Schmiege wrote:
>
> I grew up on a farm and it was always a desperate struggle with nature and
> the cost of farming to survive and make enough money to pay our bills and
> have a little left over to live on.
>
> This summer my neighbor sprayed and sprayed his commercial peppers. They
> were a terrible crop and he must have lost a lot of money. I did not spray
> anything in my non commercial garden. I had peppers from July into December,
> more than enough to give away etc. (snip)
If my garden is not successful it does not
> mean losing the farm and that is what a lot of farmers face on a yearly
> basis. You look at things differently when it comes to survival. I just
> want to point out another point of view.
>
A real dilemma indeed. From your experience it looks as though that
farmer paradoxically might have perhaps got a better crop with no
spraying. At least if he had done no better he would have still saved
the cost of the spray.
Who'd be a farmer!!!
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
