Comments | flower_cat: Food for Hungry Cities

flower_cat

Food for Hungry Cities

Jul 09, 2010 20:13

I was sitting in my favorite chair wondering what to do about the fruit that I can no longer pick because of the walker and wishing there was a number I could call to have somebody come out and pick it and take it to the food bank. I was also wondering how many people in older neighborhoods have at least one fruit tree that bears that they can no ( Read more... )

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ranch101 July 10 2010, 04:31:45 UTC

At our old place, there were "gleaners" who would come out and pick unwanted fruit for those who needed help. Thanks for the reminder that I wanted to find something similar locally. When I do, I'll let you know.

ranch101 July 10 2010, 04:45:53 UTC

Village Harvest is a group that can do harvesting for people in many parts of the SF Bay area who can't. They work closely with Second harvest Food Bank. http://www.villageharvest.org/harvesting.htm

mdlbear July 10 2010, 19:56:08 UTC

Cool!!

Their flier is here

saffronrose July 10 2010, 05:04:02 UTC

I was going to suggest calling Second harvest, but it looks as if ranch101 has a more direct idea.
At the Santa Cruz house we had the original tree on the lot in the wayback yard: a golden delicious. I don't happen to like the delicious family of apples, preferring some antique/obscure late harvest apples instead. I will say in its defense, this tree produced some tasty fruit for juicing, as my gardener proved. He harvested the apples a year or two, and gave us a quart of the juice when it was ready. I hope the current owners enjoy the fruit more than I did. I always enjoyed the bloom time on that tree, once Ed & Sandy had given it a good structural pruning. From one angle, the airy center was framed by branches that seemed to be the frame for a heart.

Good to see you posting! I thought you never would!

ravan July 10 2010, 12:58:00 UTC

I have some of the same problem where I am - the concord grapes are too much for me to pick and try to process, but someone should use them. Same with the oranges - good for juice, not for eating as much, and a very tall tree way behind the house.

jilara July 10 2010, 20:07:10 UTC

Of course, Andrew says he can help pick and eat a lot of your fruit. :-)

The food banks could really use someone who can do harvesting, since I know you're not the only one who has a disused tree. The problem with things like nectarines is they really have to be used Really, Really Soon. A couple days after picking, and they're spoiled.

In our neighborhood, we have a guy who cans fruit. He picks it from your tree, and returns you a boxful of jars, keeping the rest as payment for his labors. It's a good deal.