not far from the tree

Last week we picked from two Ward 21 properties in one afternoon, dropping the pears off to two of our partner agencies (Humewood House and NaMeRes) immediately after each pick. We had a multi-tiered approach at both houses, picking from the ground, on a picnic table, on ladders, in trees, and on a second-storey patio.

I thought one of these picks might put our running total over 2000 lbs of residential fruit picked, but it tallied just under (1957 lbs) when I got home. But, as luck would have it, my excel document skipped a line - we’re now at 2017! This is an impressive feat for our first year of picking, especially just in one neighbourhood, and there are still a few trees to go.