Okay, having spent much of this week up trees, making jam and frantically texting the Amazing Abundance Team, I am incredibly proud to report that on Saturday morning we finally managed to get to the whole point of the project – giving stuff away! In just two hours (and in a monsoon) we managed to give away well over 60lb of plums, and 20 jars of jam. We also collected a good amount in donations, so I’ve been able to reimburse all the dedicated jam-makers for the sugar and other bits they had bought out of their own money.
It was an amazing couple of hours -we really enjoyed being able to hand out bags of plums to lots of lovely people, and it was great to hear so much approval and enthusiasm about the project. It led to lots of interesting conversations, and lots of new trees being signed up for picking – we are certainly going to be busy once the apples really start to ripen!
So……..how do you feel about getting involved? It honestly isn’t difficult, and it need not take up hours of your time – in fact, the more volunteers we have, the easier it will get! Right now we are short-handed as several of us (myself included) are about to go off on holiday – so your contribution will really make a difference. We are planning to go picking on Thursday and/or Friday evening, and we will be giving away fruit on Saturday morning. Do please come and join us – this is Transition Keyworth in action, in our own community!