Re: CONFESSIONS
Hi everyone
I cannot match the knowledge and reasoned arguments of this thread, but
would like to add my support for the organic movement.
We went 'organic' more than 20 years ago, when it was considered wacky and
very fringe. It was an interesting few years as the first season we had no
balance at all and crops suffered and went down one after another. We
persevered and the second year pests and diseases were not such a problem
and by the third and fourth years we achieved the balance that we were
looking for and had enough pesticide and chemical free food to feed us.
We have had our organic beliefs tested again here in Crete, as we had to
start from scratch again. Our small field where we grow veg had been
regularly heavily sprayed before our purchase.As before the first year was
extremely difficult with many losses. Now approaching our third year I can
confirm that nature really does sort most things out for herself. Problems
this year have been minimal and as we manage to get lots of compost etc into
the soil it will improve on a yearly basis. We have now proved this to
ourselves not once but twice over. The organic approach is not a myth - IT
WORKS
I recently read in an English paper that the fresh, clean wholesome- looking
lettuce on the supermarket shelves had been sprayed with 17 different
chemicals in its short life. I for one would rather grow my own organic
lettuce, and if necessary share a bit with the dreaded slugs and snails than
purchase such an item. In addition, though a bit off topic, that lettuce may
have been grown in the South West of England, transported by road to a
supermarket's centralised depot in the North Midlands and then driven back
again to be sold in a supermarket in the same town it had originated in. A
journey of several hundred miles!!!!!! CRAZY
There is lots more I could say but won't now, but I always try to remember
that we are only here for 80/90 years and it is not right only to take from
the soil. I want to be sure that I leave it and the environment in a fit
state for our children and children's children to inherit.
