Because almost everyone ends up with more than they can use and it would be a chance to see what stuff other people grow.
Isn’t that a "farmers market "? We have them all over Wisconsin in the spring and summer.
Submitted 2 days ago by Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Because almost everyone ends up with more than they can use and it would be a chance to see what stuff other people grow.
Isn’t that a "farmers market "? We have them all over Wisconsin in the spring and summer.
Yesterday at our farmer’s market half of it was people with too many seedlings they were selling.
Our local farmers market unfortunately only really allows vendors and requires an application process - ie you can’t just hang out and trade seedlings and stuff with people without paying a booth fee so it’s really only for people doing it as a business.
Of course there’s a fee, running the thing isn’t 100% free. Probably about $20?
Not sure about all of the fees around here. But I get what you’re saying. There are a few smaller ones that work out of storage units. But again, monthly fees.
I guess it kinda comes down to, where. Someone needs to sponsor or pay for a spot.
Maybe my farmer’s market is really lax, but I’ve seen people sell young plants there (also mushroom starters, which I thought was super cool but had no room for).
Not sure I’ve been to a farmer’s market where no one is selling young plants.
I think OP is looking for a more informal meetup kinda deal.
Create one!
Our local library has a table with young plants for exchange. I love it!
What?! Dangit, I wish mine had that. Never heard of such a thing. We do at least have a county public garden, but I think it’s taboo to take cuttings. Only allowed to plant new stuff.
There are community gardens. They would probably be the best address for something like this.
That’s exactly what my local library is doing.
My town and a lot of nearby towns have regular plant sales this time of year. Check for community gardening clubs. Unfortunately the only medium for planning/announcing these, that I’ve seen, is Facebook…so…yeah…
In germany, we have places where you can share your plant seeds and such. They’re usually connected to other social institutions and leftist spaces.
Gibt’s da irgendwo ein Forum ofer so?
Linke gruppen sind sehr dezentral wegen der hohen repressionsgefahr. Du kannst mal nach “infoladen” gucken. Gibts eigentlich in jeder stadt. Auf dem land ist bisschen mehr suchen angesagt.
I’m not religious but most churches around my area have plant sales every year to raise money. It’s all just cuttings and seedlings.
Ooh, reading this post got me to search “seeds and cuttings exchange Santa Monica” and I discovered there’s a Seed Library in my area! “Sprouts” popped too many wrong results because it’s the name of an organic grocery store chain.
I’ve seen people selling their cuttings on Nextdoor in the spring.
Every friday we have exactly this in our town center.
We do this with my work colleagues.
I’m not into gardening much (no garden space). But I know most people exchange plant cuttings, sprouts and whatnot through online groups in several social media platforms
doesnt this exist? seed banks
whaleross@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Here in Sweden we have “sticklingbytardagar”, “cutting trade days”, commonly arranged by enthusiasts in Facebook groups. Name a place and a time and people show up with their excess sprouts and cuttings to trade and give away.
ValiantDust@feddit.org 2 days ago
I’ve heard of several “Pflanzentauschtage” (“plant trade days”) here in Germany as well.
lena@gregtech.eu 2 days ago
I attended one in Slovenia a few years ago, amazing event
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 days ago
How did I not know about that. Maybe because I haven’t been on Facebook for over ten years.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 days ago
Wow that’s exactly what I had in mind. I gotta check if that’s already a thing here in Germany too 😅
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Spermüllverschenktag maybe. Everyone just leaves their unwanted furniture out o the same day and everyone prowls around picking stuff uo