Had a lovely chat with my neighbour out in the garden. He struggles to grow fruit and lost all his raspberries, I lack the patience for annual veg seed starting but my perennial fruit plants are very abundant so he offered to share his veg in exchange for some fruit. Between us we've got a good harvest covered. I like that rather than all of us trying to grow bits of everything.
Also traded some raspberry cuttings for well rotted horse manure from another neighbour.
@Kimberley This is as it should be and it helps keep gardening enjoyable.
The allotments are a proper, laid back bartering paradise.
A plot neighbour recently repaid my gift of some well rotted horse manure with some leeks. Another had some of my raspberry canes. Another some carrot seed. Another some lactic acid bacteria to try out.
I don’t know what, when or if a return trade might occur but that’s also part of the beauty of it.
@MostlyTato @Kimberley I do likewise. A bit of imagination and some good fortune is a good combination.
I just missed out on a rusty scythe on freecycle, someone got in ahead of me.
Kimberley
Broadfork
MostlyTato