Stocking up for the fall/winter

[iris lilies]

I am putting away, in the freezer, tomatoes and a bumper crop of green beans. I am pitching armloads of cucumbers and zuchiini. We are already eating winter squash. I suppose DH will cook and freeze those, but I i will not bother with them.

[Teacher Terry]

IL, doesn’t your local shelters take food? That’s what we do.

[iris lilies]

IL, doesn’t your local shelters take food? That’s what we do.

I have no idea. I don’t really want to get into that whole business and interaction with them. I doubt their clientele want garden vegetables anyway.



There has been effort to find a home for excess community garden produce over the years and it never seems to go anywhere. If somebody would establish a successful path for transfer, I might participate, But I will not set it up. We gave away a fair amount of stuff to our friends but it’s still 60 cucumbers from our garden. 30 zucchini.

[iris lilies]

I have no idea. I don’t really want to get into that whole business and interaction with them. I doubt their clientele want garden vegetables anyway.



There has been effort to find a home for excess community garden produce over the years and it never seems to go anywhere. If somebody would establish a successful path for transfer, I might participate, But I will not set it up. We gave away a fair amount of stuff to our friends but it’s still 60 cucumbers from our garden. 30 zucchini.

I have a gallon of homegrown organic red grapes to give away and I never found a home for them after advertising on Nextdoor but in my immediate neighborhood and then in the nearby neighborhood. That announcement went to thousands of people. I have limited time I’m going to shop this produce around.

[JaneV2.0]

I'm sad about your cucumbers; the zucchini, not so much.

[Teacher Terry]

I drive all our fruit and produce to a local shelter and hand it to them. They are happy to get it. No fuss no muss. I find it amusing that you think you know what their clients will or will not eat.

[SteveinMN]

I drive all our fruit and produce to a local shelter and hand it to them. They are happy to get it.

Around here there is so much demand for fresh produce that the food bank grows some of its own.

[happystuff]

Too bad none of you are in my area. Not only would i take some but I know many other takers as well. I hate wasting food... sigh

[bae]

Chainsaw bar oil
Spare chain for chainsaw
Plastic sheeting, heavy duty tape
Propane cylinders all refilled
Batteries for lanterns
Port

[iris lilies]

Around here there is so much demand for fresh produce that the food bank grows some of its own.

Exactly what fresh produce do they want? I skimmed the article. It talks about leafy greens. Well that’s not what we have to give away. I suspect but do not know for sure that excess cucumbers and the ubiquitous zucchini are as welcome to food banks as orange daylilies are to garden giveaways.