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Gardeners by nature are very generous and love to share their garden harvest bounty with others. Visit a gardener during the growing season and you are bound to come home with bags of fresh produce from their garden.
Every growing season is different. You plan the garden and estimate what you need to grow for fresh eating and preserving. Some years your garden may struggle with weather or different pest problems, while others may produce bumper crops.
If you are lucky to have bumper crops, and have preserved all the harvest you can store, and the garden is still producing, consider sharing the harvest with others.
My first year of gardening, I had a bumper crop of string beans. I love string beans but even after eating my fill and canning for winter food storage, I still had an overabundance.
I mentioned this to one of my friends at work and discovered that she was swamped with cucumbers. I wanted to try making pickles, but didn’t have enough cucumbers from my own plants. So we agreed to do an exchange. Soon we discovered that many of our coworkers grew gardens too and wanted to join in with our produce swap.
Eventually, we approached management and asked if we could setup a produce exchange table in the corner of the break room. The only concern they had was spoiled food. We agreed to clean up the table each day before we went home.
It worked wonderfully. The morning hours were dedicated to swapping with other gardeners, by afternoon the table was opened up to those who didn’t grow their own. Most days,
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