What should you buy organic?

We can't afford to buy everything organic but do so as much as possible concentrating on buying organic whole milk, butter, cheeses and meats as it is important to us to eat food which is as wholesome as possible. They have a better 'mouth feel' and taste so much better too!

Since moving and downsizing our garden we now work in a team with friends with whom we grow our own fruit and veg so that everything possible is organic. Together we also have our own hens and bees.
DH can no longer do so much of the heavier work so his job is the production of seedlings, keeping the successional sowing going and the greenhouses as well as our new raised beds for salad crops and small stuff. The younger friends do the digging, weeding and watering on the allotments. We all share the produce and everyone helps in jams, pickles, chutneys, freezing and drying etc for food preservation.
It has been quite a business and as we come towards the end of our first growing season we have learnt what we need to do to improve things for next year. More planning required over the winter and a reminder system so that we don't fall behind. We have decided not to do too much experimenting and stick with what we know works.
Nearby we have an organic farm with a comprehensive shop which we have used to plug the gaps and have noticed that the flavours and keeping quality of organic are very different to standard production.
If you can join with others to grow and share I think this is the way forward to keeping down the costs and upping food quality. There is a great sense of achievement and it keeps you fit.

I agree about growing your own veg. I've just been out to see whether the pepper plants have produced any fruit yet and found these:
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Never expected them to be that colour! Thought they would be red.

They look interesting Tricia, do they taste any different?

DH experimented with growing mini peppers in the greenhouse and they have grown like mad. The peppers are tiny and are all colours in a 'oner' which is amazing. DH used the first ones in the same way as normal peppers but said he wasn't going to grow them again as they were too fiddly to prepare but then one of our friends used them whole and said they were great. Not too peppery but quite a taste sensation. We have yet to try that out so we shall see.

I don't know what they taste like, haven't tried them yet. I was going to make soup later with mainly courgettes, and add the peppers for colour, but these we might have separate - I don't fancy black soup.
You never know what you're going to find, there's such a variety, as your husband found out. We bought them as small plants in the market.