A new friend here in Victoria told us about the LifeCycles Project and its fruit picking activities: if you have a fruit tree in your garden you can call them, and they’ll schedule a team of volunteers to come pick its fruit. You get a share (about a quarter), the volunteers get a share (another quarter), and the LifeCycles Project donates the rest to local non-profits. Turns out our friend is a team lead with LifeCycles, and was wondering if Val and I wanted to join in. Let’s see…
- spend a few Sunday hours chatting and doing light work outdoors,
- get lots of ultra-local, organic, delicious produce,
- and contribute with local food banks and community centers.
Awesomeness from every angle!
We spent some three hours last Sunday picking apples from three different trees (King, Golden Delicious, and an unidentified third kind). In total we collected about 200kg of fruit. Our share was two boxes, about 15kg! Fortunately they keep well.
So far it’s been apples every day, as well as applesauce and apple salad. An apple pie or crumbler is rumoured to be in the works this weekend. I guess I’d normally get tired of so much of it after a while, but the fruit tastes fantastic and I am quite fond of it, having picked some of it myself.
The picking season is nearly over, but I think there will still be a few trees to pick, so if you’re in Victoria let me know if you’d like to join, and we can go together!
Yorchopolis 
Yo opino q Mushi debería seguir los pasos de sus padres y empezar a comer Wiskas de soya… ! ah verdad?!?!?!… pero estoy seguro q en Canada debe de haber comida vegetariana para gato! jeje… porq si no hay.. .eso si puede ser un nicho de mercado!
Un abrazo desde Leontransqueretaro!
taji
Taj, la comida de gato en Canadá es puro grano y ceniza, a menos que compres comida orgánica y que solo tenga carne, la cual es carísima, tu gato es vegetariano! Podrás ver al Mushi planeando las manzanas que necesita para hacer sidra al 15% de alcohol y schapps
This is a wonderful project! Looks as if you are adjusting to your new surroundings.
Elsa, thanks for dropping by! Yes, we’re adjusting just fine to Victoria. It’s starting to get cloudy and rainy though!
This project sounds a lot like something here in toronto: Not Far From the Tree. amazing principles…and less waste is good for everyone! enjoying the blog jorge =)
– emily
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