Comments on: Senior Gleaning

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:23:16 +0000

Henry, I’d contact Senior Gleaners in Sacramento. I’m sure they can always use some more helping hands! Have fun.

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:31:55 +0000

My wife and I would love to go and glean some tomatoes and other vegetables can you suggest where ? we live in Elk Grove.

By: Tanja Hunter

Tanja Hunter — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:57:13 +0000

I am a daughter of Eddie Heard, recently deceased. I would like permission to reporduce this article and pictures for his funeral services. Please contact me.

Thanks,
Tanja

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:29:59 +0000

Yet another reason to move to New South Wales. I’m jealous, Nick. Enjoy your preserves…

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:13:24 +0000

The area we live in was very densely populated in the 1850s… during the New South Wales gold rush, so there are heaps of abandoned fruit trees. Plums, cherries, apples, figs, pears, apricots.. even citrus.

By the end of summer we hope to have tonnes of preserves

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:38:10 +0000

Thanks, Nick. You’re right, tree gleaning is rewarding for the picker and, hopefully, useful and healthy for those receiving the donations.

I love the idea of a feral fruit map. I’ll have to try that sometime. I’ve only come across some berries and herbs, but when I do find some fruit trees I now know how to map them!

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:22:04 +0000

Fantastic stuff Jonathan, there is nothing quite like the joy of filling a basket with fruit that would have gone to waste otherwise.

My wife Kirsten’s whole family have been devotees to collecting fruit from feral/abandoned trees since she was a kid. She even wrote an article on our blog about how to make a feral fruit map. http://www.milkwood.net/resources/how-tos/how-to-make-a-feral-fruit-map.html

Good luck with you future fruit gleaning and keep us posted.