hating strawberries his whole life until he ate one right off the bush
As a country kid, me and my cousins were worse than rabbits were on the strawberries in gardens. We’d legitimately sit down and eat every strawberry then move to the next plant. Eventually they showed us how to distinguish blackberries and they just turned us lose on the woods.
Everything is better right off the plant.
But it’s not just looks in the store, they’re breeding them for shelf life.
A garden tomato would be inedible by the time it got to your local supermarket in the middle of January.
The biggest part of gardening for food, was canning everything so you had some all year. So you have to factor in that store bought produce is fresh year round. You’re not getting that without an indoor year round garden and a lot more work.
I don’t have kids, but I have borrowed some nieces to take apple and strawberry picking and it’s fun seeing them destroy some delicious fruits!
I keep hoping vertical farming or hydroponics, etc will catch on and bring foods back closer to home. As long as we have sunny parts of the world with cheap land and labor, it won’t be viable though as a business. Maybe in a few decades…
I’ve tried container gardening a bit, as I didn’t have a yard, and while the results were meager due to my lack of farmer knowledge, they were still tasty. Can’t beat peak picking time, no matter how small the result may be!
As a country kid, me and my cousins were worse than rabbits were on the strawberries in gardens. We’d legitimately sit down and eat every strawberry then move to the next plant. Eventually they showed us how to distinguish blackberries and they just turned us lose on the woods.
Everything is better right off the plant.
But it’s not just looks in the store, they’re breeding them for shelf life.
A garden tomato would be inedible by the time it got to your local supermarket in the middle of January.
The biggest part of gardening for food, was canning everything so you had some all year. So you have to factor in that store bought produce is fresh year round. You’re not getting that without an indoor year round garden and a lot more work.
I don’t have kids, but I have borrowed some nieces to take apple and strawberry picking and it’s fun seeing them destroy some delicious fruits!
I keep hoping vertical farming or hydroponics, etc will catch on and bring foods back closer to home. As long as we have sunny parts of the world with cheap land and labor, it won’t be viable though as a business. Maybe in a few decades…
I’ve tried container gardening a bit, as I didn’t have a yard, and while the results were meager due to my lack of farmer knowledge, they were still tasty. Can’t beat peak picking time, no matter how small the result may be!