The idea behind Anna and Toby's app stems from their love of growing fruit and vegetables. I meet the couple at their home in Terrington St Clement, where they tell me how PickLocal began.
"I do a lot of morning walks, and I kept seeing apples trees, pear trees, and I just noticed a lot of it was going to waste, falling on the ground," Anna says.
"I don't feel a lot of people want to go and knock on someone's door and ask to take their fruit, so I was thinking what if we did an app.
"We're taking the idea of an honesty box in a way - and just making it available to more people."
Anna shows me PickLocal on her phone. A map comes up with the current listings, you can search for a specific item - like apples - decide how far you're willing to travel, and message the person who's posted.
It's taken Toby (who luckily works in tech) months to get it up and running.
"For those who're worried about privacy, you only share your location when you're happy to," he says, "So, if you list something, it'll ask for your postcode, but that actual pin on the map will be a few hundred metres away.
"We've got private listings, public listings, listings for allotments now as well - so you can see where your nearest ones are and how to hire a plot."
"It'll hopefully help people discover locally grown fruit, vegetables, nuts and other seasonal produce near them," Anna adds.
"I remember as a little kid we used to go to places to do strawberry picking, but now I feel like I only see it when I'm driving, and at the last minute, so it's too late to stop. So it'll have that information, and where there are blackberry bushes full of berries for example."
"We see it on our local Facebook group everyday," Toby says, "People asking who's got eggs for sale, so we think this will help. If there are that many questions on our local group, which only has about 4 thousand members, you multiply that across different villages and towns - I think this app could make a real difference."
It's also hoped by putting users in touch with each other, it could help build local friendships.
Anna and Toby are now are now at the testing stage, and are looking for iPhone users to try the app and give feedback, before it's publicly made available for free.
"You don't need to be a gardener or particularly good with technology. We want everyday people to have a go and tell us what they think what's easy to use, what's confusing and what we could make better," says Anna.
"We're still at the beginning of our journey, but it would be lovely to build our first PickLocal community right here in Norfolk."
We think it's a brilliant idea and are wishing them the best of luck!
If you're an iPhone user and would like to help test the app, Anna and Toby would love to hear from you: https://picklocal.uk
