tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post4561383488513643800..comments2024-02-27T15:19:59.496-08:00Comments on Backyard Farming: Community jamMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04169799115572882024noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post-34547664741178156312010-08-10T11:41:00.022-07:002010-08-10T11:41:00.022-07:00@Dale,
Your comment about people not knowing what...@Dale,<br /><br />Your comment about people not knowing what to do with free fruit and vegetables is so true. Sad.<br />I'm guessing that the fact your family did so much with the raspberries is exactly why your friend offered them to you.<br /><br />@PIckingUpStitches -- naturally! I just need to do some detective work, because the orchard was a stand-alone lot; I don't know who owns it.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17525034596178639693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post-77123442777066959072010-08-10T11:13:41.035-07:002010-08-10T11:13:41.035-07:00That's great! Those apricots look delicious. ...That's great! Those apricots look delicious. You should repay them with a jar or two of jam.PickingUpStitcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208128936950489420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8546718730043897500.post-6127435772436841682010-08-10T10:05:53.114-07:002010-08-10T10:05:53.114-07:00Great article! I think people would be amazed at t...Great article! I think people would be amazed at the amount of free food available in the summer time is they just looked around. Most gardeners have excess that they want to give away instead of compost. <br /><br />A couple of weeks ago a friend emailed me and said that his family didn't have time to pick their rasberries and that we could have all we wanted. <br />We made a family evening of it and picked 5 GALLONS! We also got some peach drops from under his peach trees. LeAnn made 41 pints of rasberry jam and another 11 pints of peach/rasberry jam and we have rasberries leftover in the freezer for other uses.<br /> <br />One problem is that people don't know what to do with free vegetables or fruit. They jump at the coupon for a free Big Mac. But if you give them a spaghetti squash, they have no idea how to prepare it and eat it.Dale Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806698744292076677noreply@blogger.com