Fruit Gleaning – Fruit Share

Guide to Backyard Fruit – Harvesting Options – What to do and who to call if you can’t harvest your fruit.

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:52:00 +0000

Progress on the Guide to Backyard Fruit is coming along nicely. I’m currently working on the “Harvesting Options” section. In this chapter, I’d like to list as many options and ideas for homeowners who are unable to harvest their own fruit as possible. The goal is to have fruit being used not wasted. What ideas…

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More Rhubarb

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:48:00 +0000

Thanks to Chris, the fruit owner and Kelly, the volunteer picker, we had another rhubarb harvest today. Both were to shy for a photo, so here I am with another bunch to share! Brought to you by the good folks at Fruit Share Winnipeg.

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Our First Fruit Sharing

Tue, 25 May 2010 13:17:00 +0000

And so it begins. On a cloudy May long weekend, a desperate plea from a friend and neighbour about rhubarb launched Fruit Share into action. It was a small harvest of 1.5kg or 3lbs of rhubarb. It required only one volunteer travelling by bicycle to harvest, but it was and always will be our first…

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Fruit Share Opens

Tue, 11 May 2010 16:42:00 +0000

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 three…

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