My grandfather lived near a lake. Every spring, he’d fish for a catfish and he would then rototill in his garden. He grew the biggest vegetables ever. Like foot-long carrots that were 5” circumference.
Back in the 80’s, I lived out in the Michiana area in the midwest one glorious year. On our first trip to a Kroger Supermarket we noticed the size of the vegetables...my friend simply said, “Food of the gods!”
And now, the produce aisle is filled with scrawny, picked too early, tasteless...I don’t know what to call it.
My Dad would go fishing almost every day when weather permitted, any carp went into the garden.
Yup my Grand Dad did that too with blue gills.