As usual, Friday is the day we always go to Lidl and pick those 3Euro veggies and fruit bags. I usually take two, but when there are many of them, I take three.
Let's see what we got this time. Isn't it crazy? The new veggies and fruits already arrived, so they have to quickly pack the not so good looking ones into such bags; otherwise, they might all end up in the trash piles.
They are not perfect - some like this that has some damages, but no one will be willing to buy them; some are pretty ok, but just less appealing than the brand new batches, like those leeks or lettuces.
As a gardener, we are so used to the imperfect crops. These only cost us nine Euros, no need to mention how much I peeled and shared with hens and quails.
A small 'mountain" of all kinds of trimmings - I guess, less 1% directly reported to the compost heap.
Some I used the food processor to chop them finely, and some I cooked with a bit minced meat.
Hens are happy!
Another discounter often has 50% off flowers and plants. They are all good, just as mentioned, less appealing than the newly arrived ones.
I picked two bunches of roses with less than two Euros, and a few of them have pretty robust stems. Who knows, maybe one or two of them might survive and revive from a cutting later? Two-euro roses in a One-euro IKEA vase - the delight they brought isn't less than a two-thousand euro bouquet in a one-thousand euro expensive vase.
