I think the problem here is that IrisLilies is trying to offload produce that is in the realm of her husband’s activities. He’s the bad guy. 😄
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I think the problem here is that IrisLilies is trying to offload produce that is in the realm of her husband’s activities. He’s the bad guy. 😄
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Originally Posted by Tammy
Based on the end results, there are no "bad guys". Food was not purposely/intentionally wasted and - more importantly - people who needed food, got it. I call that a pretty good win. :)
We have no idea if this the zucchini is actually eaten. I think it odd and frankly silly, the general obsession people have with food products. It’s the same obsession the Iris society has with iris rhizomes. Same with books. They all reproduce like rabbits.
I set boundaries on how much of my own time I spent fussing with these things.
My values say there’s nothing wrong with sending iris rhizomes and zucchini and cucumber and squash and whatever back into the compost bin. Books are harder to get rid of and I’m facing the disposal of 600 to 800 bucks in the next 12 months. That is a different conversation.
Anyone who reads my posts over the years know that I make a really good effort to share and give away iris rhizomes that are as big and showy as anything Mid America Gardens sells for $10 each. But I do it on my schedule because my time has value.
I agree that turning unused food into the compost heap is not a bad option. Far better than the huge amounts of food that gets turned into black plastic bags and thrown into the landfill.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
On the same subject, but not meant to shame IL for her horticultural abundance, interestingly FOOD WASTE is one of the biggest targets for reducing CO2 emissions/addressing climate change, according to Project Drawdown.
https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/reduced-food-waste
Where there are gardens there is excess - and this is a good thing. It does take time and effort to create these goodies and Nothing is ever really wasted - unless as someone stated it ends up in a plastic bag somewhere. Does anyone find anything wrong with driving the excess down a country road and distributing it on a bank somewhere? Or in a field? What are your thoughts on this practice? I havent needed to do that as I get my veggies and such from my dad. He grows the garden and he always has extra so there is no need for me to grow one. He would have one less person to give his excess to if i grew my own. Back when i was a kid, we had a 50 acre farm and we would take the extra and feed it to the chickens, ducks, whatever we had at the time and if there was any left over we took it to the edge of the swamp and distributed it thinking we were helping the animals should they be hungry and if not, it would compost back to the earth from whence it came. Sounds like a good practice to me. The worms probably really appreciated it. :)
I've finally didn't forget to buy heated waterer for chickens. It will come handy in the winter.
We have started the transition to winter. Part of that is baking supplies. We do NOT bake bread in summer; we buy it instead. But from roughly Sept 1 to May 15, we bake our own. We have enough flour to last for a couple of weeks, but beyond that, no. Years gone by, this wasn't an issue. I may have to change what I do.
I am seriously thinking about buying a large quantity of "stew" vegetables this year, so I don't have to go out, whether there's a shortage, or not. I dismantled the two "root cellar" boxes I had last year, they only sort of worked, and that's been true since I started that, 3 years ago or so. No root cellar boxes this year I don't think, but I don't have an alternative, except frozen food...
We used up the back stock canned goods, soaps, shelf-stable pantry goods, paper products, etc. in lockdown. I have enough for right now. How much to buy ahead is a question I haven't really decided.
Ran to Target at lunch to get some stuff. I’d not been inside a Target or Walmart for at least a month. No paper towels to be had. TP was limited to one pack per customer. I got a big 20 roll pack and that’s it for me. Got some Tide, garbage bags, microfiber cleaning cloths to extend my paper towel supply, Dawn, bleach (use it on bathtub area grout for mold), and two gallons of vinegar. Got another spray bottle to use with vinegar/water for glass cleaning. I’ve not seen Windex in months.
We have been buying tp one roll at a time at Menards for 49 cents. It's satisfying to just grab a few rolls whenever we are there.
Bought some soap yesterday. I find I want to stock up less, rather than more, since it unnerved me to stock up so extensively during the pandemic. I was happy that we used it all up.
In the continuing saga of excess garden produce, I carefully dug, Trimmed, labeled, bagged, and transported 25 iris rhizomes from Hermann to the city. A random person who contacted our iris Society thru Facebook was heartbroken our Iris Society was not holding our annual sale this year due to Covid, so I felt sorry for her and agreed to give her some of my extras.
I always have iris rhizomes to give away, but the different thing about this deal is that I dont track varieties or bag them,
i usually just put them in a pile and say on
nextdoor “come and get them.” This took my time. I don’t like spending much of my time on Spare rhizomes, but I value them more than zucchini so there ya go.
As I stated above, I do not want to communicate with these people excessively because they annoy me, so I prepared a bucket with her name on it, put it on my front porch. She works, as it turns out, less than 1 mile from my city house. Yeah, that was Saturday afternoon.tick tick tick...Sunday...tick tick tick...Monday...Rhizomes still sitting on my front porch.
so this chick is getting $150 worth of named varieties for free. And she can’t be bothered to pick them up.
This happened with grapes – I had grapes to give away somebody said he would come and get them. He never came. Same thing with chairs in my house – someone advertiseD for this kind of chair, she was excited and said she would come. She did not come. That was two weeks ago. Tried to give away cake pans – the person who said he would come and get them never did.
These people are very annoying.
I am also not finding paper towels to stock up, only single rolls, no multipacks. But my area has toilet paper.
The regular grocery store had plenty of paper towels and toilet paper, but not the Target a 1/4 mile down the road.
I just doubted the TP under my bed. 108 rolls. That doesn’t count the partial pack in the bathroom. I’m set for a while!
Only 10 rolls of paper towels. I mostly use them for cleaning certain areas, such as under the toilet seat, or the occasional very messy jobs.
IL: That is very frustrating! I've only had one person flake on me when giving things way on my FB giving group. It was a pile of magazines and I ended up giving them to a neighbor yesterday, who seemed glad to have them.
Believe in your math skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
COUNTED, not doubted! Stupid phone!Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
We are stocking up on everything...buy a little extra every week. I am also cooking in bulk and freezing the extra. The shelves are getting to be bare at the local Smiths every week by Fri.
Wow IL I never have that many people flake on me.
Due to the many years of flakiness I learn how to deal with the no-shows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Twice a year I set out big piles of Iris and other plants. . They are trimmed and they’re ready to plant. I’ve gone to that amount of work for iris plants because I’ve learned people are stupid and they don’t know how to plant iris. So at least I will give these iris plants a good start in life by Trimming them appropriately.
So my method after years of dealing with people is to put iris outside by my garage in the alley. I put a notice on Nextdoor “come and get them.” My intent is to do no more communication because my time has value. If no one wants the iris that’s perfectly OK, and after a reasonable time of a week or so I will transfer them to the compost dumpster.
But everyone expects me to answer questions such as “are there any iris left? Are there any purple Iris there? Do you know the names of the Iris you’re giving away? I can’t come this week but can you save me some because I’m out of town? “ I hate these questions And I don’t get paid to answer them. If these people want that kind of Iris service they can go to mid America Gardens or schreiner’s. And there they pay $10 per rhizome and up.
I get increasingly tired of dealing with these people. I set my boundaries about communications. I’m perfectly happy to give away product but I will not give away my time. My time is the thing that has value.
But of course this year as I do every year I cross that boundary and I do a special favor for someone and regret it. And it is seldom appreciated. I will have to communicate with Iris girl who for whom I dug and marked $150 Worth of iris to say hey lady, I still have this Iris for you and in a week I will give it awayif you don’t get it.
And I’m sure my note will sound bitchy to her, but it just is laying out the conditions for which I will continue to hold this crap for her.
I regret doing this work. I shouldn’t of done it and I know better.
Iris, I admire your system. Now you know to NOT EVER do what you gave in to do this time. Probably a good lesson to keep in your head next time you think, 'Oh isn't it lovely that she wants them..."
Local chain grocery store had Progresso soup on sale for 2/$4. Got a bunch since I regularly eat it.
Tradd, I just bought Progesso soup at Menards last week for 1.59 a can, worth checking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tradd
I rarely go to Menards, but I will definitely check that out. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Saw on the news protesters in Portland are throwing cans of soup at police, maybe another reason I can't find the soup I like.
Isn't that a Fox News urban legend? I hear Trump promoting it, so there's likely no truth to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
Jane I saw it on either ABC or NBC nightly news, not Fox.
I'm glad to hear it can't be an urban legend since some outlet other than Fox reported it, although I'm thinking this whole thing may be Quentin Tarantino's fault. In Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Brad Pitt's character took out a Manson family member with a thrown can. I'm sure peaceful protesters wouldn't dream of such a thing without being forced by outside agitators. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Yppej
You are probably right... hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
One troublemaker (from who-knows-what side) probably threw a can at someone, and now we're to believe it's a thing. Yawn.
I'd think it's more aerodynamic than a brick, plus, it's lunch. You can heat the contents over the remains of a burning business or police station, whichever's closest.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
You're so practical, Alan.
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Alan is The Man!Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
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Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Okay, I'm now stocked up for the fall. Everyone please carry on and I'll get back with you in December for my winter ego boost.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Kind of laxed off in this area for a bit in an effort to save some money on groceries. Grains and beans are well-stocked right now, but will look at picking up a few more canned goods and seeing what fruits and veggies are in season/on sale for drying.
I put 6lbs of hamburger on the list that was 94% lean and he came home with 2.8. I bought the same from Walmart and it still had a bunch of grease. I will check Winco again next week.
Freezers and cupboards are full with overflow in the basement. Happy to have everything. Prices are going up up up. So are the COVID numbers here.... 6000 positive yesterday with 53 deaths for the day. Plan on staying out of businesses for the near future.
Bought ground beef, stew meat and roasts from local farmer. Paid a little more but the meat is wonderful. I know where it came from and help a local business. Not interested in pink slime.
I have some gaps in my winter wardrobe I am going to try to fill this weekend before the nation's dictators try to shut down stores again. In order to try on clothes I will have to go to an adjacent state. This is unnecessary travel in a pandemic that could be avoided if local stores exercised common sense. There is no longer a state ban on trying on clothes and not a single case of covid has been traced to contamination via surfaces. It's a respiratory virus. But stores are paranoid.
Stocking up on wine at Costco this morning so that we don't have to go out again for the holidays. So many baskets stuffed with toilet paper that it was hard not to laugh.
So glad the numbers here are stable thanks to responsible leadership and responsible following of the safety recommendations. Our caring leaders are not having to implement life saving lockdowns at this time.
Just unpacked my latest case of TP, so we're good there. All prescription meds are mail-order, and we're pretty well stocked on OTC stuff. My pantry is bulging and now we're just replacing what we use as we shop about every 3-4 weeks. I've noticed an uptick on prices, some large - the 3# bag of almond flour I got last month is 5 dollars HIGHER this month, so I switched to another brand and bought 25#. I'll have to freeze some of it, but it was just over half of the price of the next cheapest alternative. I have to say I really appreciate the sellers on Amazon these days!
Toilet paper has gone up in price again but I have enough that it should last until we get a vaccine. I think other paper goods will also go up so I bought a bunch of tissue boxes since so far their price is still the same.