Posted in In Backyards on Jul 16th, 2011
[Editor's Note: This blog post comes to us courtesy of Supreme Gleaner Avery. Check out her full blog here.] “Picking while it rains is generally ok – though you have to be more careful when the ladder is wet or the tree limbs are wet. If you can hear thunder close by or see lightning [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Lindsay's Picks on Jul 15th, 2011
“Lindsay’s Picks” is a new column for the Not Far From The Tree blog, courtesy of Sheridan Illustration student Lindsay Campbell who is completing a co-op placement with the organization this summer. While the majority of her workload is to ‘snazzify’ and make beautiful the work of Not Far From The Tree, she also takes [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Jul 15th, 2011
With eleven bikes and five trailers in use to help us schlep our equipment and fruit around the city, Not Far From The Tree is always in need of talented volunteers to help us maintain our fleet. An amazing volunteer, Jon, offered his past two Fridays to give our bikes and trailers some much needed [...]
Posted in In Backyards, In the Kitchen on Jul 13th, 2011
[Editor's Note: Thanks very much to Not Far From The Tree gleaner John Mclean for sharing his story of preserving the mulberry harvest.] After at least a year of procrastinating, I finally signed up to volunteer with Not Far From the Tree. After missing a few picks I managed to get my name onto a [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Resources on Jul 12th, 2011
Last year, an unseasonably warm spring brought out Toronto’s cherries much earlier than expected. But even though they took us by surprise, we were still able to pick 750 pounds of them. This year, folks across the city are noticing that our cherry trees aren’t producing anywhere near the amount of fruit they have in [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Resources on Jul 11th, 2011
Be sure to wave hello if you see us biking by on our fancy new fruit-mobiles: cargo bikes! It has been a wild ride watching all the curbside cycle cargo bikes arrive. One by one, the awesome folks at Curbside Cycle unpack, assemble, lower and test each of these beautiful Dutch bicycles. Now we have [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Jul 7th, 2011
Volunteer (and all-around lovely lady) Heather Kilner went on her first Not Far From The Tree pick of the season yesterday. Serviceberries were there to be had, and she even picked a friend’s red currant bush on the way over! Read her full account here. And please keep an eye out for Heather’s pretty pink [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Jul 7th, 2011
[Editor's Note: This is a guest post written by volunteer picker Kat Tancock. Enjoy her full account of picking cherries with Not Far From The Tree here.] On Sunday I started my third season picking for Not Far From the Tree with a 10 am cherry pick near Bloor and Christie. It was a hot, [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Jul 6th, 2011
Canada Day marked the first pick of the 2011 season. Volunteer Suzanne Long was there to document the adventure, using her mad tweeting skills. In the five days since then, we have completed 9 picks and already have another 5 set for today and tomorrow. Ready, set, go – the picking season is here!
Posted in Foraged, In Backyards on Jul 1st, 2011
It’s that time of year – the city has started dripping with fruit from the limbs of its canopy. Time to put your fruit goggles on. Look up! Look down! Look all around.
