A box full of dreams and schemes

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I have often considered the idea of selling vegetable boxes from my garden.  I am inspired by businesses such as Hilbarn
in Tasmania who pack seasonal, locally sourced fruit and vegetables into boxes and distribute them to their subscribers on a regular basis.

Currently I pack vegetable boxes on a very tiny scale for a small group of customers (really they are friends!) depending on what is prolific in the garden at the time.  I get immense satisfaction from this and it is fun to share my excess vegetables with people who share my passion for food.

Anyone who has grown vegetables will know that it can often be a case of feast or
famine.  One week I might have 5kg of excess cucumbers and the next week the patch can be a bit bare.  Variety and consistency is perhaps one of the biggest challenges in the vegetable garden.

On Sunday morning after I packed this box I once again considered the idea of Shady Yards Trading  vegetable boxes…another plan for the future perhaps.

 

 

6 Comments

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    Phoebe

    January 16, 2012

    Just beautiful! Images like this just fill me with inspiration!

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    Helen at Casa Costello

    January 16, 2012

    Fantastic colours – perfect way to cheer up a dreary Monday.

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    Jane S

    January 16, 2012

    Thank you Phoebe and Helen!

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      MissPiggy

      January 16, 2012

      I think you should deliver to Sydney…if only hey? And you have chooks I see??? I'd love to see a post about them…I love chooks!

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    Michelle

    January 17, 2012

    What a fantastic idea! You should do it. I love the name too. Maybe you could recruit a few more growers so you can offer more variety to customers.

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    Jodie @ Jellywares

    January 23, 2012

    Oh Jane – a woman close to my own heart!!!! I would love to do this also and often when produce is in abundance I am lucky that I can sell it 'market style' in my knitting shop.

    You truely are an inspiration…

    Joie 🙂

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