Too Busy To Pick Your Fruit Trees?

I've seen some yards littered with fruit dropped from trees.... a boon to squirrels and bees, but messy for owners and their neighbours, not to mention wasteful of yummy, fresh food.

No doubt some people are too busy or too infirm to keep up with their front yard bounty.

A friend just told me about a group that will arrange to pick your fruit for free, not far from the tree.

Here's the scoop:

"not far from the tree ensures that Toronto’s fruit doesn’t go to waste. When fruit tree owners can’t harvest their bounty, we dispatch teams of volunteers to harvest it for them. One third goes to the fruit tree owners, another third goes to the volunteers for their labour, and the final third is distributed (by bicycle or cart) to community organizations in the neighbourhood who can make good use of the fresh fruit."

What a brilliant idea! And timely, with most trees just now starting to become laden with their delicious offerings.

Cheers,

Vanessa