Posted in Field Trip on Sep 30th, 2010
(Photo by Reena Newman.) Just outside the city an untouched orchard lay waiting to be plucked. Through a new program launched this July by the Ontario Association of Food Banks, called Community Harvest Ontario, volunteers from a food bank and myself helped fill a truckload of apples. Lieberman’s Chalet and Apple Farm in Eugenia, Ontario [...]
Posted in Events, In Backyards on Sep 25th, 2009
No, silly, we didn’t pick pears to feed a moose. But we picked as many pears as an adult female moose weighs. HOLY (moose) COW! Yesterday afternoon, eight hardy volunteers helped Not Far From the Tree pick a record of 557 pounds. AND there was still a good deal left on the tree (….not for [...]
Posted in Community Orchards, Events on Sep 16th, 2009
We’ve been so busy picking that we’ve had nary a spare second to write about the fabulous Edible Tree Tour that took place almost a month ago! In partnership with LEAF and their very own Toronto Tree Tours, a second annual Edible Tree Tour was held August 15th. By far the most popular of the [...]
Posted in Spadina Saturdays (and Sundays) on Jul 24th, 2008
But let’s hope we all get there for Saturdays at 11:00. Because there are likely to be more Red Astrachan [as-truh-kuhn, -kan] apples for the picking. And possibly a few Transparents. Gooseberries and blackcurrants too.
