A Good Day of Apple Picking Helps Reach 1000lbs of Fruit!

After a busy day of picking some more gorgeous Goodland apples, Fruit Share passed a major milestone of 1000lbs of fruit.  That's a lot of fruit!  Thanks everyone!

Yesterday, Aidan felt more comfortable climbing the tree rather than the ladder.  He swears by his new found technique and claims he picked the best apples from his vantage point.  Meanwhile, Melanie, who decided climbing ladders or trees wasn't her thing, was busy snapping these photos.

 

After we picked as many apples as we possibly could, we shook the the last few remaining branches.  But this time, we held out a blanky to catch them all.  Well, we didn't catch them all, but we were able to save quite a few from the "bruised box".

Linda, Janet and Scott went on to pick at yet another location -an even bigger tree with even more apples. 

Everyone walked away with several big boxes of apples and today Teen Challenge, Agape Table and Janet's church will get their share too.

More Picking Set for Wednesday

Come join us as we rescue more apples.  We have two locations for the morning of Wednesday, September 1.

Exact times and locations will be sent to all registered fruit picking volunteers.

Hope to see you there.

Thursday Evening Apple Picking

We have another apple picking session scheduled for 7 pm this Thursday.

Leave a comment if you're interested.

Tuesday Evening Picking Scheduled

Another picking opportunity!

Join the fun and help us pick apples tonight at 7pm.

Register now to get all the details.

Apple Picking Time Set

We'll be on our ladders picking apples in the neighbourhood bright and early tomorrow morning.  Can't wait to see what we'll be getting.

If you're interested in joining us, sign up now and we'll send you all the details.

Stay tuned for more pictures!

Another Happy Fruit Owner and Volunteer Picker

Fruit Share really works!  

Earlier this week, Beth and Aleta, who live a mere four blocks away from each other but don't know each other, read about Fruit Share in the Riverview Reflector.  Each contacted Fruit Share - one to register as a fruit owner and one to register as a volunteer picker.  Three days later, Beth welcomed us into her yard to harvest her rhubarb and Aleta went home with a bundle of freshly picked rhubarb.  Both were happy.

Thank you to both Beth and Aleta for making Fruit Share work.

Rhubarb In the News

An announcement in the Reflector (our community newspaper) is resulting in a bit of interest in Fruit Share.  We have new volunteers and more rhubarb registered.  How exciting!

Also, the Free Press is looking at running a story sometime next week.  Watch for it and tell your neighbours.

We're also getting some other fruit registered. Apples, grapes, nanking cherries and even pears are on our list for the summer.

My mouth is watering!

Welcome to Fruit Share

Fruit Share is dedicated to picking, sharing and enjoying fresh fruit growing in backyards throughout Winnipeg, Manitoba. We connect fruit owners with volunteer fruit pickers to make good use of all that delicious, nutritious local fruit. Fruit owners make their fruit available for picking, volunteers pick the fruit and then the fruit is shared - 1/3 to the homeowner, 1/3 to the volunteers and 1/3 to community organizations that can use the fruit (eg. Winnipeg Harvest, Agape Table, etc.). Everyone benefits!

The idea is based on similar models in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. The South Osborne Urban Community Cooperative is leading the start up of this project in two Winnipeg communities - Riverview and Lord Roberts.

Are you interested in participating? Do you have fruit that needs picking? Would you like to be a volunteer fruit picker? Are you part of a community organization that could make good use of local fruit? If so, let us know by sending an email to urban.community.cooperative@gmail.com.


By: Getty Stewart