[MAK]

I agree whole heartedley with those who champion home grown for the reasons above. There is very little we buy in a supermarket as we have plenty of space and time to grow, store, preserve,freeze,cure etc. we even dry kidney beans and harricot blanc !
 I guess my reaction to supermarket prices may be related to me having to do the lion share of all the work becuase of the OH's serious RTA. Maybe this year was just not as pleasurable but a chore. I have had to plough up the spuds and lift carrots with a tractor, dry them then lug them to the cellar - that and home killing then butchering of 3 pigs (hams,pate,bacon and sausages), 20 or so ducks, 5 cockeralls and 22 rabbits have left me shattered.
yep - the pleasure element was defineteley missing this year but that said I have no plans to buy more from the supermarkets.

[Anke]

I cannot see the point of growing maincrop tatties as they ALWAYS get killed by blight - and so if I would want to grow them I would have to resort to spraying too... so I buy either 20kg bags at the greengrocer (but they were 6.50 a couple of year ago, it's now nearer 10) or the 7.5kgs ones in Lidl (usually much better quality and Scottish ones too).

But  do grow as much as I can, just because we do prefer the homegrown stuff... polytunnel is a godsend!