tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post2756773343716539246..comments2024-03-29T13:47:52.160+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: The Great Fruit Wastage.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54501147446239013292011-08-09T05:29:51.921+01:002011-08-09T05:29:51.921+01:00I must admit, it's something I'd never con...I must admit, it's something I'd never considered.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35174586927341505522011-08-09T02:37:43.631+01:002011-08-09T02:37:43.631+01:00Cro, the jury has made its decision: you're go...Cro, the jury has made its decision: you're going to have to get yourself some pigs.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-47774957497738718682011-08-09T01:15:59.223+01:002011-08-09T01:15:59.223+01:00John is right, pigs are wonderful for recycling f...John is right, pigs are wonderful for recycling food into delicious meat. I can't give my veges away when i have a glut because everyone grows their own here, but two pigs take care of any surplus fruit and veg.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974206679853189199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46266981178125649012011-08-08T23:14:58.143+01:002011-08-08T23:14:58.143+01:00We have been lucky with our plum as both years we ...We have been lucky with our plum as both years we have been here they have ripened virtually to order. The grapefruit and apples tend to get eaten by the Australian Possums. I have trapped some but then there is also the Guava Bud Moth that also came over from Australia and burrows into both the lemons and the grapefruit. Just as well there is a good Growers Market.Susan Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400003572211042194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-53919958600346788522011-08-08T20:20:02.247+01:002011-08-08T20:20:02.247+01:00I like Jacqueline's comment. We give as much a...I like Jacqueline's comment. We give as much as we can of our surplus away. There's always going to be some waste but most of it goes on the compost heap to go around again.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-50106372978261016662011-08-08T19:13:48.812+01:002011-08-08T19:13:48.812+01:00We have the same problem. Last year, for the first...We have the same problem. Last year, for the first time, we put fruit by the roadside with a big sign saying 'help yourself'. Although I only ever saw one car stop, at the end of each day the fruit had always gone.<br />A local builder comes and picks apples for the old folks home.<br />This year the trees are so laden that some of the plum tree branches have broken. We are eating and preserving as much as we can! <br />Oh, your peaches!!Share my Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1630283138527130992011-08-08T14:46:59.416+01:002011-08-08T14:46:59.416+01:00Oh my mouth is watering all of that lovely fresh f...Oh my mouth is watering all of that lovely fresh fruit (we are in winter)my little peach tree will be a few years before we see anything I think and at the moment we are paying up to $15.00 Australian for a kg of Bananas and in season peaches are around $8 to $9.00 a kg<br />Good luck with the hospice, O.H&S (occupational Health & Safety) here, would knock that good deed on the head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20170137433813484552011-08-08T13:48:43.778+01:002011-08-08T13:48:43.778+01:00Guilt over our own waste and awareness of those in...Guilt over our own waste and awareness of those in want is the curse of being a just and caring man. Your fruit looks wonderful. I hope you find a good home for it.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-64913321636435764342011-08-08T12:39:17.422+01:002011-08-08T12:39:17.422+01:00It all looks like paradise to me...but I can imagi...It all looks like paradise to me...but I can imagine it must be very frustrating. Those pears are adorable!Sue/the view from great islandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366703419148959445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38250259128403548072011-08-08T12:25:33.870+01:002011-08-08T12:25:33.870+01:00Jacqueline. I think your last suggestion of taking...Jacqueline. I think your last suggestion of taking fruit to a hospice etc would be the best. I'll make inquiries.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-56102892570958039772011-08-08T11:56:41.003+01:002011-08-08T11:56:41.003+01:00To see food wasted when we are made so aware of pe...To see food wasted when we are made so aware of people who are dying for want of it is painful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60294237188177963462011-08-08T11:52:25.629+01:002011-08-08T11:52:25.629+01:00There's a movement spreading across the US Cro...There's a movement spreading across the US Cro called The Gleaning Project. Volunteers go to registered spots to pick fruit (that would otherwise rot on the tree) to donate to food banks. Their 'payment' for the work, is to keep part of the fruit picked. Iit means some people, who otherwise might not get to, eat fresh fruit every day.<br />I don't know if there is such a program in France...I don't know if France even has or needs foodbanks. But if they don't (have them) and do (need them), perhaps it might be something you could start?<br />Or maybe just take the fruit to a local hospital/hospice/school/daycare centre?<br />I too hate waste!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37638690942649466782011-08-08T10:47:09.308+01:002011-08-08T10:47:09.308+01:00now I'm frightened to go out in the back field...now I'm frightened to go out in the back field where the courgettes are taking over my world and I seem to be powerless to stop them...help!!!Gerry Snapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269492251928362799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3770446678255050572011-08-08T10:41:56.644+01:002011-08-08T10:41:56.644+01:00buy a pigbuy a pigJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-84843898187466421702011-08-08T10:15:31.896+01:002011-08-08T10:15:31.896+01:00We were just looking at one of those last week. It...We were just looking at one of those last week. It was about €190, but probably worth every centime. I should have bought one yonks ago!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-25701170966356681552011-08-08T09:54:24.540+01:002011-08-08T09:54:24.540+01:00Ooo, by the way, copy this link. Maybe an answer?
...Ooo, by the way, copy this link. Maybe an answer?<br /><br />http://www.machinemart.co.uk/pages/pressfruitpressChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2068228547154769532011-08-08T09:16:53.587+01:002011-08-08T09:16:53.587+01:00I'm so glad the Amish have a saying for what I...I'm so glad the Amish have a saying for what I've been doing to my stomach all these years...<br /><br />...I feel better now I have an Amish seal of approval.<br /><br />Very envious of your peach tree Cro. I may have to nip over the Channel to do some scrumping!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18003725933560684752011-08-08T07:51:32.338+01:002011-08-08T07:51:32.338+01:00Hello:
It ever was thus. Impossible, somehow, to r...Hello:<br />It ever was thus. Impossible, somehow, to restrict whatever one grows in the way of food to be sufficient, and no more, for one's needs.<br /><br />But, whatever the waste, to have homegrown produce is such a wonderful thing.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44999340445125202582011-08-08T06:52:50.807+01:002011-08-08T06:52:50.807+01:00And that's only TWO of us.And that's only TWO of us.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42223571050213915922011-08-08T06:48:41.231+01:002011-08-08T06:48:41.231+01:00After a lifetime of relying on shop bought fruit a...After a lifetime of relying on shop bought fruit and veg I find it difficult to see so much produce going to waste and I am desperate to put it to good use. Trouble is soft fruit like peaches, melons etc. all ripen at the same time, and you can’t give stuff to your neighbours because they all grow their own! There’s only so many Peach Bellinis a girl can drink.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.com