Comments on: Urban fruit gleaning – harvesting homegrown produce for free http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2009/09/10/urban-fruit-gleaning-harvesting-homegrown-produce-for-free/ Just another mama musing about her kids, Attachment Parenting, green living, activism, living with an anxiety disorder, and life in general Thu, 24 May 2012 12:58:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: September Goodies http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2009/09/10/urban-fruit-gleaning-harvesting-homegrown-produce-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-27823 September Goodies Mon, 16 May 2011 12:10:46 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=3066#comment-27823 [...] from Crunchy Domestic Goddess This one is NOT about school — it’s about fruit! [...] [...] from Crunchy Domestic Goddess This one is NOT about school — it’s about fruit! [...]

]]> By: Anna, The Lemon Lady http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2009/09/10/urban-fruit-gleaning-harvesting-homegrown-produce-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-23262 Anna, The Lemon Lady Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:54:57 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=3066#comment-23262 Lovely article. Colorful photos. Nice to see this going on in Colorado. Just validated what I already knew, urban fruit is available Any Town, USA. I've taken gleaning to the next level. Almost $100,000 worth of fruit and veggies harvested, hauled and delivered to local food pantries in one year. One Woman. One Tree. It all begins somewhere. Have you picked a tree lately? Perhaps you'd enjoy my blog too: www.thelemonlady.blogspot.com Keep up the good work! Sincerely, Anna Chan, The Lemon Lady in Northern California. AnnaAndAva@gmail.com Lovely article. Colorful photos. Nice to see this going on in Colorado. Just validated what I already knew, urban fruit is available Any Town, USA. I’ve taken gleaning to the next level. Almost $100,000 worth of fruit and veggies harvested, hauled and delivered to local food pantries in one year. One Woman. One Tree. It all begins somewhere. Have you picked a tree lately? Perhaps you’d enjoy my blog too:
http://www.thelemonlady.blogspot.com
Keep up the good work! Sincerely, Anna Chan, The Lemon Lady in Northern California. AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

]]> By: Angela http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2009/09/10/urban-fruit-gleaning-harvesting-homegrown-produce-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-20792 Angela Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:52:03 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=3066#comment-20792 I wish I had known about this a few years ago when I had hundreds of eggplants, cherry tomatoes, and peppers and couldn't find anyone to take them. :( Now we have an itty bitty garden and I'd like to find my former h self with too much to handle. :) I wish I had known about this a few years ago when I had hundreds of eggplants, cherry tomatoes, and peppers and couldn’t find anyone to take them. :(

Now we have an itty bitty garden and I’d like to find my former h self with too much to handle. :)

]]> By: lilbet http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2009/09/10/urban-fruit-gleaning-harvesting-homegrown-produce-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-20653 lilbet Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:24:48 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=3066#comment-20653 Great post! My dad had 350 apple trees. We used to get a lot of people helping themselves when it wasn't welcome. If they would have just come up to the house, we would have shared! There's a certain way to pick an apple. Those that were stealing often pulled the apple off instead of twisting it off--this keeps an apple from developing next year. So, not only did they take when they hadn't asked, but they kept apples from growing next year. We were always looking for people to "glean" the trees at the end of the season. This was very important for next year's harvest. A few apples MUST be left for the health of the tree. Something you can also do is take the tree falls for animal feed--chickens, horses, cows, etc love fallen fruit (and the critters in it!) Don't eat fruit from the ground, though. You can get very sick or eat a lot of bugs and worms! Great post Amy. Our food shelves are desperate for fresh produce. If you have the time or produce to share, this is a great thing to do. Great post!

My dad had 350 apple trees. We used to get a lot of people helping themselves when it wasn’t welcome. If they would have just come up to the house, we would have shared! There’s a certain way to pick an apple. Those that were stealing often pulled the apple off instead of twisting it off–this keeps an apple from developing next year. So, not only did they take when they hadn’t asked, but they kept apples from growing next year.

We were always looking for people to “glean” the trees at the end of the season. This was very important for next year’s harvest. A few apples MUST be left for the health of the tree.

Something you can also do is take the tree falls for animal feed–chickens, horses, cows, etc love fallen fruit (and the critters in it!)

Don’t eat fruit from the ground, though. You can get very sick or eat a lot of bugs and worms!

Great post Amy. Our food shelves are desperate for fresh produce. If you have the time or produce to share, this is a great thing to do.

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]]> By: Ally from Zwaggle http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2009/09/10/urban-fruit-gleaning-harvesting-homegrown-produce-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-20595 Ally from Zwaggle Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:13:41 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=3066#comment-20595 I didn't know there was an actual name for that... you learn something new every day! I didn’t know there was an actual name for that… you learn something new every day!

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