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IL, I am wondering why you/DH plant so many if you don't want to eat the excess. Pickles?? But then, I've wondered that about my own food garden efforts. Right now, I have so many SunGold tomatoes that I don't know what to do with them and that is only three plants.
This last place actually took the time and effort for a long distance call-back! What wonderful organizations you have in the 63104 area!
Southside Wellness Center
3017 Park Ave
314-664-5024
They are open M-F from 10am-3pm and drop-off can be anytime. Sweet woman who said they would love to be able to distribute any extras!
Edited to add:
IL, if you want the names of the people I contacted, I can message you privately. I'm not comfortable posting individual names on the public forum. But, actually, there aren't really that many.
I have no control over how much is planted. It is not my jam.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
To be fair to DH, and you as a gardener know this, none of us can predict how the crops will be each year. Some years excess zucchini and cukes, other years not so much.
This was our kitchen counter two weeks ago, before winter squash, apples, and the last gallon of green beans were harvested. Only this year hardly any apples will come to fruition so that is a good thing.
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My next-door neighbor, whom I have watched tend a garden for the 18 years I have lived here, swears every late summer he will plant less next spring. Quite often he does; his cultivated space now is maybe one-third to one-half of what it was and he still has more cucumbers, tomatoes, and collard greens than he and his wife can eat and fob off on the neighbors. I'm sure if he ever planted just the three cucumber seeds he threatens to plant there would be a total crop failure that year....Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Do you have a dehydrator? That is what I will be doing with my excess.Quote:
Originally Posted by pinkytoe
I drove to the MB Church on Jefferson with the vegetables this afternoon. When I got there it was a vacant lot. There’s no church or food pantry there. And then I remembered oh yeah, that church fell in on itself a year or two ago. Its walls collapsed.Quote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
The church congregation is apparently operating a food pantry from somewhere, but not from any structure at 2157 South Jefferson.
But since it was a nice day for a top down ride, I had vegetables in the car that you all are terribly concerned about, and I am retired and apparently have nothing better to do than drive vegetables around south city, I drove over in the opposite direction to the Wellness center on Park Avenue, which also is not far away from my house. Fortunately that building existed. They buzzEd me in so I was able to drop my bags of vegetables on the table. A woman from back of the room cheerily thanked me very much.
Mission accomplished.
We applaud your efforts IL!!!! After all this is a frugal forum:))
Well, the phone number listed got me to a live person. Just a matter of asking for the new address.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Glad the veggies found a home!!!
If you mean by “ just a matter of [Iris] asking for the new address” why yesQuote:
Originally Posted by happystuff
I could have driven home. Made a call. (I don’t usually carry a cell phone.) Perhaps received an answer? Or not. Perhaps found they were operating in 63104 or a contiguous location. Or not. You’re right, I could’ve “just” done all of that.
But see, I already told you I didn’t want to mess with the communication part. I already spend too much of my life energy trying to offload stuff. You dont think my time has value and you're welcome to that opinion, but I know otherwise.
Anyway, with your help I identified a place that will take excess produce the next time I have some.
LOL - yeah, right. Can't have you straining yourself any more than you already have. Glad you were able to identify, with my help, a place to take future excess produce next time. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies