| Comment | LOL at the comments about insects and weeds.
OP, go for it. There's no need to fall into the consumerist trap here. Grab your stuff wild and use a mild pesticide if you notice any problems. There's no magical difference between the plants you're "supposed to buy" and the plants you gather wild other than commercialization and pesticide.
As a wee nota bene: A couple of years ago I decided to start growing my own herbs for the kitchen. I have parsley, chives, coriander, cress and basil on my kitchen window ledge right now and have not had to go buy them in donkeys. When I first started doing it my partner thought it was somehow bogging. "Am I fuck eating some plant you've just grown in mud in the hoose!!!" ... like really?? How is it any fucking different? What do you think we did before Tesco existed? Do you think we only started eating herbs in the past 50 years? It was all collected wild! Anyway, she eats it now. Can't say the savings are huge. I mean we're talking small change, but there's a principle involved in paying for stuff that grows out of the fucking ground. |
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