tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post8863655939106262138..comments2023-09-29T21:57:46.971+10:00Comments on Suburban Jubilee: Growers Markets, Food Elitism and The Little ManTanya Murrayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04867118885094628168noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-9119078293145539722012-02-12T01:07:06.338+11:002012-02-12T01:07:06.338+11:00Wish I lived nearby to come and shop. I would also...Wish I lived nearby to come and shop. I would also like to sell some of our extras from the garden but run in to some of the same problems. I definitely think I will be doing more bartering this year. Trading eggs for butter,etc. Itching to get started, but our growing season won't begin for another couple of months. Although I am experimenting with growing sproutings and greens inside.<br />Blessings<br />dianeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10214322750183022876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-49694144971733495972012-02-04T13:47:39.070+11:002012-02-04T13:47:39.070+11:00Hey Tanya a great post, lots of relevant points......Hey Tanya a great post, lots of relevant points........<br /><br />Have just visited a farmers market in Beechworth and bought a few things.<br />It's nice to be able to support local growers where you can but stall fees can be expensive, it's very generous of Colette not to charge anything.<br />Your stall photos are lovely, I can tell you take great pleasure in arranging and displaying your produce.<br />It's nice to know that an average suburban backyard can produce so much. People forget how their parents or grandparents used to have a vegie garden and how much it actually supplied. It's a shame more folk don't <br />grow their own veg.<br /><br />It hasn't been the best growing season this year, but we are still managing to eat from it on a regular basis.<br />A cloudy day here with the possibility of rain tomorrow.....<br /><br />Have a great weekend,<br /><br />Claire :}Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09742003349610251189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-81519392781658484412012-02-04T11:51:09.084+11:002012-02-04T11:51:09.084+11:00If it wasn't for the weather I would pack up a...If it wasn't for the weather I would pack up and move this family to Tasmania so that I could share this community experiences with you. I'm certainly going to be on the look out for such an opportunity here in Perth (WA!)<br />And yes... sometimes "boutique" does stink of "ripped off".Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131518522010494497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-38544476448819594242012-02-02T00:27:42.314+11:002012-02-02T00:27:42.314+11:00This is a great post. How lovely of Collette not ...This is a great post. How lovely of Collette not to charge fees for the stall holders which must surely attract more folks to set up stall.<br /><br /><br />I'll have to ask or I'll be pondering all day - what exactly is the wank- factor?Little Blue Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-77764279170165827692012-02-01T01:50:15.472+11:002012-02-01T01:50:15.472+11:00In the area where I live I don't have the opti...In the area where I live I don't have the option of shopping small businesses as all have been replaced by chain stores. There is a farmers market that is set up once a week in the parking lot of a nearby Whole Foods store during the summer months and a Saturday market where there's a fee for the stalls and prices are somewhat higher. Even the road side stands have becoming harder to find.maddyrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11884692897586711653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-53215532353713710572012-01-31T22:52:37.975+11:002012-01-31T22:52:37.975+11:00Great post Tanya.
I always support small business...Great post Tanya. <br />I always support small business, it just feels right to me. <br />Chrischrisartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006389335078462260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-37292019953395307882012-01-31T19:30:02.437+11:002012-01-31T19:30:02.437+11:00Great post, I shared it on my FB page, hope that&#...Great post, I shared it on my FB page, hope that's OK! What we don't grow, we buy from a local farmers market outlet, where we get eggs, dairy and meat too. They source all their fresh produce from their own farm, local farms, or from the Sydney markets. It is clearly labelled, and such good value. Whilst the farmers markets are great, we find this farmers outlet store has the convenience and the values we like. <br /><br />I like what you are doing in Perth, and whilst I don't have the time at the moment if there was something like that over here, we happily give our excess away, and would take it to OzHarvest or similiar if we ended up with that much of an abundance!dixiebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03891290324250395382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669538441242490462.post-26708460767453123082012-01-31T18:41:14.987+11:002012-01-31T18:41:14.987+11:00Oh Tanya I could not believe what you said - peopl...Oh Tanya I could not believe what you said - people have an anticlimax o your garden. Oh my it INSPIRED ME even MORE! It made me see I can REALLY do it with my little land. It was so lush. I wished it was just me there and I would have drunk rhubarb cordial and wondered admiring it all!!! INSPIRED ME I said!!!!!<br /><br />On the other note. I would really like to sell me excess - or what little I do have but then I am able to freeze/jam/pickle/etc etc it for my family. By the time I collect it all, set up at the local farmers market and sell it - all monies would have gone to the stall fee - not worth it and my family miss out on me...<br /><br />Maybe one day when it is LUSH like your inspiring garden and boys have left home I will be having a stall of my excess - but most likely the excess will end up in my boys kitchens!!!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11169573229970426760noreply@blogger.com