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November 2009 
Foraging Fruit in the City
Posted on Jun 10th, 2009
by 
mimi
mimi
What a great idea! foraging for the fruit in the city. This made me think of Martha's oranges in Arizona. When my friends visted a friend in Arizona, they were shocked to see oranges and grapefruits just lying on the ground under overladen trees. They actually went and asked the neighbour if they could pick some of the fruit off the ground. They did let these Canadian seniors gleefully harvest some of the fruit. We usually pay about $.50 to $1 per orange.
Besides the rise urban gardening, more and more families are planting vegetable gardens in their back yards. The great surprise is that the kids are more interested than adults in watching and maintaining the gardens. Everyone loves the taste of fresh picked food they grow themselves. I remember my grandkids checking daily on the 3 strawberries in a patio container. They were so thrilled the day the 3 berries were ripe enough to pick and eat.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/dining/10Fruit.html
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Besides the rise urban gardening, more and more families are planting vegetable gardens in their back yards. The great surprise is that the kids are more interested than adults in watching and maintaining the gardens. Everyone loves the taste of fresh picked food they grow themselves. I remember my grandkids checking daily on the 3 strawberries in a patio container. They were so thrilled the day the 3 berries were ripe enough to pick and eat.
READ THE WHOLE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/dining/10Fruit.html
Article from http://www.dailygood.org/
You can subscribe and receive daily worthy stories. A very nice website.
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you find such cool articles!
Yes, for us Canadians this would be a sight to see such fruit on the ground! I am new to gardening and still get just as excited like your grand kids whenever anything grows.
In this weather of late…I will settle for one lonely tomato this year!
thanks nicole and denim for your comments.
I too have a lonely tomato in my newly dug flower bed at my new apartment. I grew up in the fruit belt in Niagara. “Windfalls” were always available free. My Dad would bring home bushels of peaches, apples, and pears. My mom would get us to help can (in jars) them so we had them all winter long.
Here's an interesting piece from the daily good website
Glean Those Fields CleanA lot of perfectly good food is left to rot in farm fields and under fruit and nut trees. With a bit of work, you can gather a group to “glean” this free food, providing fresh, nutritious food to your community.
Read the whole piece…http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3741