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Re: Question


> Duncan McAlpine wrote:
> > 
> > Why do you grow your own vegetables or edible plants?
> > --

Well, I certainly love the way Olin Miller put it. I am not nearly 
that eloquent, so...

I grow my own veggies because:

1.	I love digging in the dirt but

2.	I'm kind of lazy in that if I can't eat it, I don't plant it. (in 
	other words I don't do much landscaping or ornamental planting)

3.	I like canning and freezing my results to feed my family 
	home-grown veggies for a year. This saves money because produce is 
	high priced at the store, and I know exactly what chemicals did or 
	did not go into what ends up on our dinner table.

4.	I like doing swapsies with fellow gardeners (ie. some of my apples 
	for some of their peaches) so I can put up edibles I didn't grow but 
	also didn't pay for.

5.	As a mom, I much prefer teaching my children to enjoy the outdoors 
	to parking them in front of the T.V.  They will grow up learning 
	skills that will enable them to feed their future family.

I'm sure I could go on and on, but that's it in a nutshell or if your 
prefer in a peapod.



 
Mary Ellen Broome
Database Manager
Development Services
Berry College
Rome, Georgia
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