18 February 2025

Excess fruit and/or vegetables

Apricot, apple, pear trees (and many more!) develop heavily laden branches of fruit throughout the warmer seasons, often falling to the ground which can be overwhelming. When using fruit to make jam, stewing for cereals/crumbles – once you’ve filled own freezer/pantry, gift some to neighbours, community kai pantries and family/friends. Others with excess vegetables could advertise within own circles that they have for example basil, coriander, courgettes, silverbeet etc and happy to swap for something else. Everyone benefits and no food is wasted. Note: My neighbours gifted me jars of apricot jam because they couldn’t keep up with their productive tree. Win-Win. I don’t have an apricot tree but love this fruit, also with limited spare time so appreciate having homemade jam to enjoy.