eric collins

thanks for the reply Nikki,  I don't like social media but I keep hearing how nice FB marketplace is, too bad for me.  I'll keep those other apps in mind if freelists fails.

Eventhough I haven't confirmed address at Nextdoor, I'm getting a partial neighborhood digest and its gossip oriented.  Not feeling it at nextdoor.    I created a local garden group on freelists and will need to advertise the mailing list at my local brick and mortar shops.  Not interested in posting it online because for it to work requires local participation.  I'll update in the spring once I've posted the ads on library bulletin boards and such.   Maybe the chain box store nursery called Armstrong will let me post, that would be cluck but counter Armstrong's own efforts if people are bartering heirloom tomatoes or seed swapping rather then shopping for them at their shop.  

One of my persimmon trees just had a huge harvest, stopped counting after 300.  Have been giving away what I cant dehydrate or consume myself.  I was thinking I'd rather start swapping my surplus with other gardeners rather than just giving bags of my surplus away to neighbors.  My neighbors end up giving my produce to their peeps and I'd rather get something in return.   I'm trying to testdrive an app called nextdoor but signup takes a few days due to postcard verification.

Is there an app to communicate with community members about a parking lot tailgate produce swap event.  Not interested in selling, just mutually trading off my surplus?  no reason to reinvent the wheel.

The slow food seed exchange is tomorrow and the event organizers never got back to me concerning the invasive species issue.  No response here at permies either so probably no slow fooders are actively checking the forum this week.  Its too bad that the two movements dont meld together better.  I dont see invasive species as the enemy.  Was paid once to cut down a bunch of douglas fir from an old growth oak forest due to the invasive species issue.  Felt bad cutting 45 foot plus trees down.  I degress...  Going to to the seed exchange and maybe I can trade some of my heirloom stock for something cool.  Eric  

HEy Folks,
First post  Nice to have a place to reach out to others, thanks.

This weekend slow food Oahu is having a seed exchange event.  I noticed the protocols and am surprised by the first tenet(with an exclamation point no less).

"Seed Sharing Protocol:
1. Do not share seeds of invasive species!
2. Do not share brassica seeds as spread of blackrot can happen, it is a seed-borne disease and many of the seed companies are having a problem with this.
3. Do not share old seeds as germination may be low.
4. Label or bring a description of each of the seeds you share including date of harvest.
5. Bring your own seed envelopes or baggies and markers for labeling.
6. Do not take more than 25% of any seed or cutting; leave some for others."

Is the invasive species issue a firm stance with the slowfood org?   I was reading Tree Crops by Russell Smith and it has a whole chapter lamenting the benefits of the Kiawe tree(a nitrogen fixer that thrives where many trees can not) having been introduced in Hawaii back in 1840.   Permaculture, in my mind, thrives on plant diversity.  Does anyone know why slowfood holds the stance they have? I'm assuming many permies are slowfooders.  Thanks again,
Eric