Beautiful Bounty
For this month’s scouting mission, we emphasized asking permission, and after we started, there was a chain reaction of food sources!
We started picking plums from a tree in the parking strip in front of a house. We knocked on the door, and the man who lived there not only was more than happy to let us pick his plums, but invited us into the backyard where two beautiful Asian Pear Trees grew- dripping with yellow fruit. He offered us glasses of water, looked at our website, and was generally helpful and interested! Another pear tree shared his neighbors’ property and to keep up the good work, we knocked on their door as well. The woman who answered seemed relived to have us pick her pears (”Glean away!) and offered us the rest of the raspberries growing on her bushes.
There was more than enough food for all of us there (a fairly big chunk of folks!). We all felt great for making a connection with the people in our community, and sharing food with them and each other.
Laura uses the handmade fruit picker to get at high up pears!