Post #941915

2026-04-05 10:03 UTC

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&#39;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. #gardening #GrowYourOwn

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@HenkvanderEijk@mastodon.green 2026-04-05 10:29

@Kimberley@ecoevo.social This sounds like an amazing pace to live!

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@anne_twain@theblower.au 2026-04-05 10:29

@Kimberley@ecoevo.social My neighbour over the back has a big veggie garden and I have hens. He throws his spent plants and excess veg over the fence for the chooks and I give him eggs.

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@Broadfork@mastodon.green 2026-04-05 10:57

@Kimberley@ecoevo.social 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.

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@johnmclear@mastodon.green 2026-04-05 12:24

@Kimberley@ecoevo.social it's the future. I trade eggs for beer at my local pub 🍻

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@davevolek@mastodon.social 2026-04-05 14:46

@Kimberley@ecoevo.social Connections with neighbors are moving the world forward.

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@marsiposa@social.coop 2026-04-06 15:13

@Kimberley@ecoevo.social neat! What other perennials do you have planted? I'm looking into adding some plants this spring and I'm looking for ideas.

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