One of the most delightful days of the holidays was this, our walnut stall. It married together so many of those whimsical dreams of country life, back-yard productivity, team-work and family industy... albeit in an urban setting...Alexander, as he so often is, was the driver in this whole adventure. For many weeks now he has diligently collected the fallen walnuts (with some more-haphazard assistance from his siblings and I) from our old grand tree which graces our bottom garden, then dried and stored and bagged them. Finally a day of good boding arrived and the stall was set up outside our gate on Easter Monday. Such delight when they had their first sale! Much to our astonishment, and thanks to no shortage of neighbourly generosity and good-will, the little team amassed a small fortune of $31 for their efforts! It was certainly wonderful encouragement for their budding enterprise. They already have plans of planting a feijoa hedge in order to offer a more varied selection next year. Have to love it!
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| collecting.. |
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| storing... |
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| drying.. |
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| the team get "cracking" |
I love that you did this! My children sold passionfruit at the gate and we've never forgotten their delight in their first commercial enterprise, even though they're way grown up now.
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How gorgeous!! I love that your neighbours were supportive too, we sure would have been! :)
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