Veg Swop – exchange your unwanted produce here
Monday 16th August 2010, 5:00AM BST.
It’s back. Bigger. Better. Greener. After the success of last year’s Shropshire Star Vegetable Swop, we are again offering to help you exchange your surplus produce instead of letting it go to waste.
Simply put your details and what you have to swop in the comment box below, and we’ll put you in touch with other people in the same boat.
Last year gardeners and allotment holders traded all sorts of fruit and veg, including damsons, apples, carrots and potatoes.
So, if you’ve got too much of one thing and want to get hold of something else, put the details in the comment box below and we’ll add them to this posting.
Recent offers:
- Andrea has courgettes and runner beans which she would be happy to swop. For details email her at a@burnet.org.uk
- Shropshirestar.com has a tree full of small cherry plums, which make excellent jam, and is happy to swop for lettuce, onions or radishes.
- ‘Spud’ said: “I would be happy to pay a fair price for a box of veg as I have nothing to swap.” You can email him here
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I would be happy to pay a fair price for a box of veg as I have nothing to swap.
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Courgettes and Runner Beans!
Woul be happy to swap !
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Surely one of the points of growing your own veg is to reduce the ‘miles’ it has to travel.
If people are having to get into their car to swap veg surely it’s more cost effective to just bin it?.
I can’t understand why people have to try and make something out of it.
Just give any spare veg to your neighbours, local shops (they will take it) or anybody who is struggling financially.
You’ll feel much better for doing it too.
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Do you always have to be so negative about everything ??
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First things first. There’s more than one ‘Matt’ that posts on here, I use my real name and not some pseudonym.
Secondly, please elaborate where am I being negative?. Giving food to people who are financially struggling?, helping struggling shops in times of need?, improving your bond with neighbours?. Hardly negative I’d argue. I find it more negative that you can’t even give something away without expecting anything in return.
I think you’re mistaking my comment about reducing food miles. That’s not negative. It’s Fact.
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Don’t we spell it SwAp?
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We had this last year. Our style guide tells us to use ‘swop’, not ‘swap’. Either is correct according to the Collins English Dictionary.
Andrew Owen
Shropshirestar.com
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The correct spelling of the word swap is “s” “w” “a” “p”.
The word “swop” is an import from the USA and commonly used by the less educated (due to the fact that they have not been corrected).
At this rate we’ll be seeing the words “labor” and “color” in our newspapers.
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The Oxford Reference Dictionary offers both spellings of the word, although I’m afraid to say it neglects to offer a geographical history of either.
The fact is, our style is ‘swop’. If you wish to complain please write to the editor.
Our style for ‘labour’ is ‘labour’ and we spell ‘colour’ as ‘colour’. We shall fight to our last breath to defend this.
Now, does anyone have any vegetables to swop (swap)?
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Times online style guide = SWAP
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tools_and_services/specials/style_guide/article986737.ece
Telegraph = SWAP
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/about-us/style-book/1435325/Telegraph-style-book-Ss.html
With the usual caveat of its reliability Wikipedia = SWAP
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/swap#Alternative_spellings
Although some less authoritative sources suggest SWOP is US English and SWAP is GB English, I’m happy to accept either can be used. However convention seems to favour for SWAP rather than SWOP.
And finally I call as witnesses Messrs Edmonds and Craven
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/swapshop/index.shtml
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Interestingly, my trusty Midland Bank Griffin Savers Oxford Dictionary (1984 edition) spells pointless as ‘pointless’, time as ‘time’, and waste as ‘waste’.
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Who cares how ya spell it?
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Not Andrew Owen and not you, clearly. But then you can’t even spell “you”.
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Oooh who’s got a stick up his proverbial then?
Or is proverbial just too big and sophisticated a word for you?
Oh look at that, I’ve just spelt 2 big words correctly.
Anyway folks back to the issue at hand, the Veg SWOP is back!
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[Interestingly, my trusty Midland Bank Griffin Savers Oxford Dictionary (1984 edition) spells pointless as ‘pointless’, time as ‘time’, and waste as ‘waste’.]
Did you think updating your dictionary would be seen as a thought crime Andrew?
Or is your mind being controlled by big brother across the water? ;)
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I’ve had it since I was nine.
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Well now you’ve had 26 years trusty use, ask for a new version for your birthday or even better swap it!
Being Midland Bank it could be collectors item. :o
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I still have a Midland Bank cheque book, is that worth anything or should i be asking Fiona Bruce..
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Careful Spencer – you’ll be making Alice Roberts jealous…..
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I can’t believe this thread has gone so far off the subject. The point of veg(produce generally including meat) swapping is nothing new. It was done years ago as home producers always have more than they can use themselves. Communities used to exchange services & goods as matter of course. The 21st century food consumer has a big shock coming in the near future so get used to home produce or be prepared to pay heavily for it…..if you can get it!!
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I liked it more when it was off-topic. In that spirit – why do drawings of fruit/veg have eyes on them ? They don’t in real life, I’ve looked it up in ‘Janet & John go to the Allotment’ and produce definitely doesn’t have facial features. I think this is part of the dumbing down of Britain & the general trend of making everything infantile….rant continues in this general direction until ‘oozlum bird’ rule kicks in.
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I’ve been waiting for someone to invoke Godwin’s Law and mention the Nazis or Hitler.
And as for the eyes, have you never seen an onion or a tomato from Sellafield?
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Funny you should mention that Andrew – Hitler was not a total vegetarian as is commonly believed – do I get a prize……
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Finally! Godwin’s Law is now invoked. Blimey, you took your time.
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Hardly worth the wait really, but what the hell, I try!!!!
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I’ve got several potatoes that look just like Wayne Rooney if anyone’s interested…..
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No wonder the tomato and onion look non-plussed.
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