If your garden is full of ripening fruit and vegetables and people are starting to cross the street to avoid you pressing your surplus produce on them, have you thought about using your local Grow Free cart?

The carts were the idea of Andrew Baker of Meadows and provide a place for gardeners to share their surplus fruit, vegetables, home-made produce and seedlings.  

The goods are left on the cart for anyone to take and use.

The idea (which has now spread Australia wide) is to reduce waste and provide free, tasty and nutritious produce to the local community.

There are more than 20 carts on the Fleurieu with another located at the Kangaroo Island Community Centre on Telegraph Road in Kingscote.

To find out more or to set up your own cart visit the Grow Free website.

Every cart will need a cart-steward (or group of stewards) to keep a regular eye on the cart, keep it clean and remove any ageing produce.

You can share your surplus home-grown goodies at the following Fleurieu based carts:

Aldinga Beach

The Giving Garden, Evans Street

11 Shepherd Road

1 Darwalla Road

Thomas Street (Esplanade end)

Encounter Bay

30 Norma Crescent

Finniss

Finniss General Store

Goolwa

Chantillie Place , 5 Cadell St

Cittaslow Hub at the corner of Cadell St and Goolwa Tce

Inman Valley

Inman Valley and General Store

Kingscote

Kangaroo Island Community Centre, Telegraph Road

Milang

57 Watson St

Myponga

Myponga General Store

Port Elliot

Fortuna Dance Studio 28 North Tce

Port Willunga

 1 Desoto Drive

Strathalbyn

Strath Neighbourhood Centre, 6 Parker Avenue

11 Gollan Avenue

7 Sandergove Road

23 Ashbourne Road

39 Lime Street

Strathalbyn Children’s Centre, 1A Burkett Drive

CWA Strathalbyn, 19 Sunter Street

Victor Harbor

Victor Harbor Lutheran Church, Adelaide Road

Eco Child, 30 Ocean Street

Salvation Army Shop, Victoria Street

7 Malborough Avenue

Willunga

Willunga Post Office

Yankalilla

Yankalilla Community Centre