In Ojai, CA, Bart's Books, a outdoor used bookseller, has been leaving books on exterior shelves since 1964. People leave a donation in a can, or don't. It doesn't matter to the owner.
Our public library in Ojai has a shelf outside that has free books. People read them, return them, bring more. It has been there longer than I have lived here, being 13 years.
I grow organic fruit in my yard, and give the produce to a volunteer organization called Help of Ojai. They make free nutritious meals for seniors. They recently got land where volunteers grow organic vegetables for the seniors' meals. Others with surplus fruit give it to the organization.
When I bought my house 13 years ago, I planted fruit trees in the area between the sidewalk and the street so that anyone walking by can pick fresh fruit and eat it on the spot! Yummy! Healthy!
When I bought 2 single family homes to make into rentals 8 years ago, I planted 4-10 fruit trees in the front and back yards of each property. Whatever the renters don't eat is given to neighbors, passer-bys, volunteers of rescue groups, etc.
What better use of 7000 sq. ft of land in sunny CA?
It isn't about paying it forward. It just makes sense to share.
Buddhist thought suggests: I am only one. Others are many. This is a practical application of that thought. linnaea
On Aug 12, 2011 linnaeab wrote:
great idea!
In Ojai, CA, Bart's Books, a outdoor used bookseller, has been leaving books on exterior shelves since 1964. People leave a donation in a can, or don't. It doesn't matter to the owner.
Our public library in Ojai has a shelf outside that has free books. People read them, return them, bring more. It has been there longer than I have lived here, being 13 years.
I grow organic fruit in my yard, and give the produce to a volunteer organization called Help of Ojai. They make free nutritious meals for seniors. They recently got land where volunteers grow organic vegetables for the seniors' meals. Others with surplus fruit give it to the organization.
When I bought my house 13 years ago, I planted fruit trees in the area between the sidewalk and the street so that anyone walking by can pick fresh fruit and eat it on the spot! Yummy! Healthy!
When I bought 2 single family homes to make into rentals 8 years ago, I planted 4-10 fruit trees in the front and back yards of each property. Whatever the renters don't eat is given to neighbors, passer-bys, volunteers of rescue groups, etc.
What better use of 7000 sq. ft of land in sunny CA?
It isn't about paying it forward. It just makes sense to share.
Buddhist thought suggests: I am only one. Others are many.
This is a practical application of that thought.
linnaea