D oes growing your own fruit and veg make sense, from an environmental or financial perspective? Yes it does, but exactly why takes some explaining. We’ll look at fruit in a minute, but let’s start with growing your own vegetables.
The main costs involved are two: seeds and fertiliser. But first, note what’s not on that list: pesticides, and your time and effort. Pesticides make no sense at all; they’re expensive, take a lot of energy to manufacture and – other than in the very short term – don’t
