VEGIE/FRUIT trading
Possible idea...............
surely not new ...BUT
WHY not invite trade off pick your pears, apples and plums in exchange for someone elses
surfeit of tomatos, courgettes and cabbage?
Set up your groups here....discuss....who, what and where.
Time to do this now that we are in hibernation mode?
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Permalink Reply by Brian Milne on -
People need to be close enough though, but we would do it...
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Permalink Reply by barbara deane on
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YES people need to be close enough...
But it can be done and can be very helpful even sociable.
So who is near me and interested I am in 33890 and I get lost of cherries May;
July plums galore...OR SHOULD I say MIRRABELS...
apples and pears...FIGS.
Some one could go in for jam making?Elderflowers of course.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Milne on
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So we will not be swapping our gluts of cherries, mirabel and big dark plums and figs... We also have sloes hanging out of our ears and local people now make sloe gin after lessons from me (easiest thing in the world) but elderflowers and berries (excellent cough syrup from those) are almost non existent... However, we are a bit too far apart (24150 to 33890).
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Permalink Reply by Valerie Skinner on -
Brian, are you north or south in the 24? We'll be in 87 - a bit too far from Barbara.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Milne on
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SW under Bergerac and Lalinde
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Permalink Reply by Valerie Skinner on
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Oh blimey - I was looking for houses down there.
A bit of a drive then if I've a boot full of walnuts.
This is a good idea though. It's early days - perhaps when more members join the discussion, we'll find 'neighbours' who are keen.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Milne on
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Oh yes, walnuts gluts galore here too...
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Permalink Reply by Valerie Skinner on
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I need to think of some crop which is difficult to find and everyone will want. I'll be getting there in good time for spring planting. Any ideas, let me know.
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runner beans.....RUNNER beans....
Spring greens GOLD DUST
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Permalink Reply by Valerie Skinner on
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Is it difficult to grow cabbages out there then or it's just 'not done'.
Yep, I could go for runner beans.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Milne on
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Depends on your soil and bedrock but cabbages fine if you can irrigate. Broad beans do well if autumn planted but big bean varieties that thrive in the UK do not do so well, try mid-sized ones and import seeds because most French varieties are tiny. Runners, if you have the irrigation then easy enough. Two years ago I had far too many to cope with so gave loads away, last year probably had less than I count fingers on a hand because it was soooo dry.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Milne on
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No chance here, it gets to dry for decent ones. I grow really broccolli as against the calabrese everybody calls broccolli. Buy seeds in England for that, but this year it is now going to be a pig because I should have made seed beds by now and the ground will stay too hard to dig for a few days meaning that the fine line before spring rain turns to dry summer may be crossed...
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