{"id":135639,"date":"2023-03-26T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-chemically-enhanced-gardening-boom-of-1965\/"},"modified":"2023-03-26T12:11:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T05:11:06","slug":"the-chemically-enhanced-gardening-boom-of-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-chemically-enhanced-gardening-boom-of-1965\/","title":{"rendered":"The chemically enhanced gardening boom of 1965"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe enthusiasm with which new pesticides were recieved now seems naive\u2018In 10m homes throughout Britain this morning, householders will breakfast and then potter out into the garden,\u2019 starts the Observer\u2019s 4 July 1965 report on the contemporary gardening boom. It\u2019s not a wholesome account of a simpler time, evoking your grandad\u2019s sun-warmed raspberries or the delicate ephemeral scent of sweet peas; rather it\u2019s the story of how gardening became a chemically enhanced big business.This uncomfortable hindsight read describes how science was taking the place of sweat and old-fashioned expertise (laughingly deemed \u2018muck and mystery\u2019 by horticultural chemists according to the journalist, who took a tour of the Fisons research centre). \u2018Sales of chemical fertilisers make up 10% of the gardening market,\u2019 the article explains. \u2018Forty different products are devoted to the onslaught on greenfly and black fly\u2026 The pursuit of the slug alone provides a \u00a3500,000 annual market.\u2019 Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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