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The Start Of Something

With Spring fully upon us, we will soon be inundated with vegetables again. We have been talking about what to do with all the excess, because we just don’t need 2000 cucumbers each year, but CB can’t bring himself to plant less, just in case some of the plants don’t grow. Already we have more broccoli, carrots, and beetroot than we can ever hope to eat!

Several people from the village have commented that they would happily buy our left over produce, but working out how to manage the logistics has been too much effort until now. We’ve talked about doing something for a while, and this week we finally bit the bullet. We’re sending out an email to interested locals once a week listing what we have for sale. They can email back what they want, and then Country Boy will pick and deliver the vegetables to the village. We are starting small, but hopefully we will get a few people on board who want to buy fresh seasonal vegetables and are happy to put up with the varying nature of the garden.
Fingers crossed, it’s the start of something…

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  1. greenthumb says

    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am

    Good luck sounds like a great idea

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  2. Anonymous says

    September 24, 2013 at 10:12 am

    Great Idea! I would also love this to be something that is done in our area, in fact when we finally build on our property maybe we could be the lucky (and hardworking) family to do it!! Best wishes, I hope it goes fabulously well and keeps CB very busy 🙂 Emma

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  3. Anonymous says

    September 24, 2013 at 1:25 am

    Why not put them out the front with an honesty box, saves doing the logistics and people get what they want.

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    • Jo says

      September 24, 2013 at 4:58 am

      It's a good idea, but unfortunately we have no through traffic where we live. The vegetables would just sit there and rot.

      Reply
  4. Jan says

    September 23, 2013 at 10:17 am

    I get my fruit and vegetables in Sydney from a small, young group called Boxfresh. Good quality, reasonable prices and very happy to please. Produce is always fresh, unlike that from several other such distributors in Sydney.

    However, If I lived down the road from you, so to speak, I would be thrilled to have part of your surplus and happy to pay good prices for it. I hope all goes well for you and make sure you cover all costs in your pricing.

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  5. Maxabella says

    September 23, 2013 at 9:27 am

    This is a fab idea and I really hope it takes off for you. I'd be in like Flynn if I lived in your village!! x

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  6. Anonymous says

    September 23, 2013 at 8:41 am

    Good luck with the new venture, we are planning to grow a semi commercial crop of garlic for market next year.
    Shane

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    • Jo says

      September 23, 2013 at 1:29 pm

      Garlic is something we have thought about too. It is nearly impossible to get Australian grown garlic in the supermarkets.

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