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Perhaps some one can explain this one...............
Why is it that when we gardeners plant our seeds, we nurture them and love them and follow the spacings on the packet. We water them and weed them and go out at night to catch the slugs that eat them. Farmers, on the other hand, plough a field, spray manure, sow seed and then pretty much leave it all to get on with it. They produce larger veg and seem (if my local corn farmer is anything to go by) to cram in far more in the space. Do farmers really germinate their parsnips in bog rolls in their (obviously huge) airing cupboards too????? If not - how do they manage to produce enough??
Any ideas??
Why is it that when we gardeners plant our seeds, we nurture them and love them and follow the spacings on the packet. We water them and weed them and go out at night to catch the slugs that eat them. Farmers, on the other hand, plough a field, spray manure, sow seed and then pretty much leave it all to get on with it. They produce larger veg and seem (if my local corn farmer is anything to go by) to cram in far more in the space. Do farmers really germinate their parsnips in bog rolls in their (obviously huge) airing cupboards too????? If not - how do they manage to produce enough??
Any ideas??
jacob.
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