Market Farming

["Hook Family" <guldann AT ix.netcom.com>]

>Liz wrote below, Liz and list,  One of my members is a long time church
friend, her retired husband has taken on a lot of charitable work I have
helped him in a small way once and awhile.  I was in height of season and
when Martha said could I spare some tomatoes for her hubby. I said yes gave
her a dozen or so (her requested amount) and forgot all about it.  A couple
weeks later at church she says oh hubby's meals on wheels people have not
stopped talking about the tomatoes.  Some said they hadn't had a garden
tomato in years.  This was late in the season so no more got sent.  But this
year I am going to make sure they tomatoes on a reg. basis.
My husband teaches at a private catholic school and one of his students for
community service traded his labor for vegetables.  The vegetables he
delivered to a soup kitchen.  The first delivery of tomatoes was in prime
time so he brought about 80 lbs  he said the workers gushed as he stack them
on a table. I like the low income elderly complex thing though.  Beth

> I went back a couple of weeks ago, just to check up on everyone, & several
> people gathered around to express concern over city plans to clean-up
> (read, DESTROY) a small section of wetlands between their apartments & the
> river.  They took me over & showed me where the rabbit lived.  Pointed out
> the squirrels, the possum, the old bird nests.  The turtles, the ducks,
and
> a snake! Then they showed me their compost pile!!!  They had taken their
> leftovers & started a compost--for me.  I cried.  What goes around, comes
> around, and we'll never know when it will encompass us.