Soup making

We are into the swing of soup making at The Gleaners. The farming community in the area donate malformed or damaged veggies to the Gleaners. Sometimes they are delivered, and sometimes they are picked up. They are then put into a large hopper that is used to dump them onto tables where the volunteers work. We cut out seeds, spots, hard bits etc and they are then put through a dicer. The diced veg is then spread on trays and put on racks that are wheeled into two large driers. This is the bottle neck. The driers take from 10 to 12 hours, depending on the food. Tomatoes take the longest. when it has dried, it is scraped off the tephlon liners into large barrels. In January the veggies are mixed into soupmix and placed in 2 lb bags to be shipped all over the world to places where they are needed. Simply add water for a nutritious vegetable soup.
We have been able to do various jobs and the mornings, when the work is done, fly past. The afternoons are left for us to bike or read or whatever. The weather has been great if a bit cool in the mornings. Trailer #2 is very primitive, but adequate. Most people here have RV's. There is a spirit of mission here, and a sense of doing something useful. There are several "Homeschool kids," and they are great. Noisy, happy and very helpful.