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Count me in. as long as the weather keeps up we should be in for bumper crops, lots of different types of beans, peas, tomatoes etc ...too early to say what we will have loads of though, although growing lots of different veg. Would love to swap for fruit..A great idea...:)
Don't have a garden (just some pots on a roof terrace) but often make pretty tasty chutney - including an apple and ginger that recently went down well with some forumites - and would willingly enter into a chutney/pickle/jam swap/agreement with any producer with a glut of tomatoes or other suitable fruit/veg.
Sounds great, I had a great crop of purple gooseberries last year and the jam I made was good but could have been better, apparently. I've also got an elder tree at the bottom of the garden and if I can dissuade the pigeons from getting the fruit then perhaps a cordial?

I would love to get some of this veg (especially bulk tomatoes) but have no growing capability.

I can however swap puree consisting of tomatos blended with ginger and green chilli, ready for use in Indian curries, each portion is enough for curry for 2 people. I can provide curry recipes to use the curry puree in.

I'm not a producer myself, alas, but I've been wondering about the logistics. I don't know what quantities or timings are involved, but I'm wondering if something like one (?or more) occasional retail popup stall/shop/garden-sale, with contributors having preferential claim to some of the produce, would be practicable and worthwhile.
yes i would be interested, will have a glut of pears, not much else this year, but will increase the crop. Peoples supermarket comes to mind, but happy with this arrangement too, if its easy to organise, maybe the peoples supermarket can be established from something like this?

"A glut of pears" just made me think that I get loads of flowers on my one tree and then the pears never mature... just drop off.


I only have one tree although it was sold as "self fertile".


How many trees do you have?


Just wondering... I guess I have to buy another tree?

I googled "pear tree pollination" and come up with this handy little table:

http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/Pollination-Pear-Trees


Your tree may take a while to become established. My new pear tree which I planted last November didn't even flower this year but it looks healthy enough. Your trees may be pollinated by bees using a neighbour's tree but that's less predictable, obviously.

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