Fruit & Veges

[nzmikey]

So this has been pissin me for awhile now the cost of fruit & veges has gone stupid in the past few months , E.g : $14 per kg for tomato's , $5ea for a cucumber , $4ea for capisiums .

So what I dont understand is why New World wants to rub it in our faces with an advert of them using veges for fecking instruments ............
What a waste of food (http://youtu.be/XDSAmdkhsgs)

[Colapop]

Damn straight! Those feckers and their peeling, screwing, blowing ways! It's a vege buying sham!

[Elysium]

So this has been pissin me for awhile now the cost of fruit & veges has gone stupid in the past few months , E.g : $14 per kg for tomato's , $5ea for a cucumber , $4ea for capisiums .

So what I dont understand is why New World wants to rub it in our faces with an advert of them using veges for fecking instruments ............
What a waste of food (http://youtu.be/XDSAmdkhsgs)
Have a look outside your window, now see what brilliant sunshine we're having. Perfect growing weather this time of year! Happens every year when we hit winter, people moan and groan about the price of vege or fruit. At least they're not blatent rip off prices like milk, cheese and butter.

[nzmikey]

Have a look outside your window, now see what brilliant sunshine we're having. Perfect growing weather this time of year!

ya missed the point i was making , we are paying massive & they are blowing carrots kinda seems on the nose a bit

[Usarka]

This is handy (fuck off handyfuckintampontowels)

What's in season:

http://www.healthyfood.co.nz/tools/downloads/whats-in-season/Whats-in-season-c-0306.pdf

[Brian d marge]

lifted my spuds a few weeks ago , have enough to see me through , peppers , garlic.. beans, carrots were a flop , pumpkin soup tonite , leeks did really well as did the lettuce , have planted more ... fruit , bottle all that was given last year .....running short now

Cant see the problem with high vege prices myself ....... unless u are stuck in an over priced townhouse with no garden .....

Stephen

Btw my garden is 20m square ...... MAX

[gijoe1313]

Burn them!

[ducatilover]

Burn them!

I believe that's a famous Deutsche quote? :innocent:

[Colapop]

I got 5 large ex-flower pots with cabbage, cauli, brussel sprouts, broccoli and silverbeat in. A bed that's about 8" deep with lettuces, beetroot and other bits and pieces. The bed is a galv steel trough I picked up from somewhere (can't remember). We in an industrial area with no garden but for the trough and other stuff and do pretty damn good out of it. Only thing we buy is fruit.

[NighthawkNZ]

So this has been pissin me for awhile now the cost of fruit & veges has gone stupid in the past few months , E.g : $14 per kg for tomato's , $5ea for a cucumber , $4ea for capisiums .

So what I dont understand is why New World wants to rub it in our faces with an advert of them using veges for fecking instruments ............
What a waste of food (http://youtu.be/XDSAmdkhsgs)



grow yah own... :-) we have vege garden, couple of fruit trees, (apple, lime and fejoa or something) rurbarb, and various berrys
all to help with the cost of living and stop relying on other people... going to collect our own water and if I had room for stock I would have that to...

as for the advert... errr... agreed

[007XX]

Cant see the problem with high vege prices myself ....... unless u are stuck in an over priced townhouse with no garden .....

Stephen

Btw my garden is 20m square ...... MAX

Nice work, and I agree wholeheartedly. However, even with no garden, there are now "patio planters that accomodate for the garden space challenged. So even if you're renting and can't convince the landlord you need a vegie patch, you can still grow a few things to help you through.


Burn them!

What's the point of burning vegies silly? :rolleyes:

Oh, I see... you can't cook, can ya? :bleh:

[gijoe1313]

I believe that's a famous Deutsche quote? :innocent:

Nice way to get around Godwin's law! :msn-wink:



What's the point of burning vegies silly? :rolleyes:

Oh, I see... you can't cook, can ya? :bleh:

Get in the kitchen and burn me some eggs missy! :whistle:And the only thing you should be wearing is an apron!

(wonder when internet law 34 will rear it's head! Though it should be law 69!)

[007XX]

! :whistle:And the only thing you should be wearing is an apron!

What makes you think I'm wearing anything else right now? :blip:

*Nice warm fireplace here*

[mashman]

I'm currently growing Broccolli and Tomatoes in my bedroom in $6 plastic containers filled with water and Growzilla for food :)

[pzkpfw]

... Btw my garden is 20m square ...... MAX

That's huge.

Do you mean 20 square metres?

[Paul in NZ]

The vege band is a bit silly. It would be much cheaper to use real instruments...

[Brian d marge]

That's huge.

Do you mean 20 square metres? No , I live in Tokyo and am Fkin RICH , more money than I can sht in a week

enough of fantasy , Yes 3x5 something like that ....BUT I have been growing .....in 3d pumpkin are now on the roof of my workshop , after growing up the window to stop the heat ( green curtain) and now are on the roof ! to stop the heat , next summer I will do it a bit better , I am learning at the moment

Stephen

[ducatilover]

No , I live in Tokyo and am Fkin RICH , more money than I can sht in a week

enough of fantasy , Yes 3x5 something like that ....BUT I have been growing .....in 3d pumpkin are now on the roof of my workshop , after growing up the window to stop the heat ( green curtain) and now are on the roof ! to stop the heat , next summer I will do it a bit better , I am learning at the moment

Stephen

You'll have a workshop that looks like a hermit hut!
:yes:

[Brian d marge]

You'll have a workshop that looks like a hermit hut!
:yes:

it can get quite hot here . pretty much I wont go outside until September and if I do , its at nite or to the airconed train station

Im trying to change my working hours , towards the night when its cooler and sleep during the day... A hobbet house I what I need !


Stephen

[ducatilover]

it can get quite hot here . pretty much I wont go outside until September and if I do , its at nite or to the airconed train station

Im trying to change my working hours , towards the night when its cooler and sleep during the day... A hobbet house I what I need !


Stephen

hmm trade the warmth for the crap weather I have?

[Genie]

I've got three little vege gardens scattered around the property. About to expand on one as my children are very interested in growing our own food. Daniel's favourite is brocolli and Rebekah loves carrots. Only bugga is it takes so long to grow and the soil needs warmth so at this time of year, slow growth even with all the manure and stuff i've put in over summer....waiting

[Brian d marge]

hmm trade the warmth for the crap weather I have?
In a heart beat !

its 31 and humid as FK ( no Auckland , u a just a walk in the park compared to the humidity in these parts )

As kb is a knowledge base ....of all things knowable , might start a thread on Self sufficiency ...or how I learnt to love the bomb ...

Stephen

[Maha]

Dont be fooled into buying tom's seperately..may seem the cheaper option at the time (because adding the per kilo amount against items in bag is usless with a calculater) but its not...three tomatoes cost me over $7 when a packet of six was around the $7 mark anyway....fuckers:yes:

[george formby]

Dont be fooled into buying tom's seperately..may seem the cheaper option at the time (because adding the per kilo amount against items in bag is usless with a calculater) but its not...three tomatoes cost me over $7 when a packet of six was around the $7 mark anyway....fuckers:yes:

Yeah, the only toms in my house at the moment are in tins. 98c. Got loads of lemmings in the garden but they are a bit bitter on a sandwich.

[Maha]

Yeah, the only toms in my house at the moment are in tins. 98c. Got loads of lemmings in the garden but they are a bit bitter on a sandwich.

Two minutes on the grill, a little seasoning ....done...:blink:

[george formby]

Two minutes on the grill, a little seasoning ....done...:blink:

Fair call, go get me a nice snapper & slap the lemon on the grill beside it.

Fook, I AM STARVING!!!

[pete376403]

Gonna get worse, too:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/5277730/Winter-and-disasters-hit-food-prices/

I've got a full 1/4 acre section that I'd like to put into veg gardens (less space for the house and sheds, of course) but a good third of it is under water.
Rice paddy maybe?

[240]

Just eat meat forget the veg problem solved:yes: