What many of you are eager for - apricots (and plums) are almost
here! We've been offered several large orchards to harvest, up to 250
trees each, and have been closely watching to see when they'd be ripe.
This year's apricot crop has been impacted by rain during blossom time AND
ground squirrels! But every apricot is delicious and we wouldn't dare let
them go to waste when there is so much need and they are so desired.
Even with the smaller harvest, we still need plenty of volunteers, especially for the larger orchards. Groups are encouraged as well as individuals. Please sign up to pick at these (and other) events, so we can plan appropriately. See the Event Calendar below and email coordinator heather@villageharvest.org with the date(s) and location(s) you'd like to volunteer for.
Here's the schedule for apricot-specific events.
| Sat Jun 27 9am – 12:30pm | Los Gatos |
| Sun Jun 28 9am – 12:30pm | Palo Alto / Los Altos |
| Tue Jun 30 8:30am – 12pm | San Jose central |
| Sat Jul 4 8:30am – 12:30pm | Los Altos Hills |
| Sun Jul 5 9am – 12:30pm | Palo Alto / Los Altos |
Plums are already starting to come in so if plums are what you desire, then come join any team in progress.
If you've been holding off volunteering for a weekend date that fits your schedule or location, in the next few weeks we have more harvesting opportunities for you to consider. There are scheduled harvests with teams in Morgan Hill and Sunnyvale. Also, for weekend fruit lovers, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings. As with all our harvesting, it's a wonderful opportunity to meet new friends and make a difference in only a few hours. Hope to see new faces!
Volunteers are needed for
a new monthly harvest team hosted by Sunnyvale Community Services, a nonprofit agency which provides food aid and other assistance to help low income families and seniors. Julia Chen, a member of the San Jose team, championed the effort and will be leading the new team. Harvests will start on Monday June 22 and meet 8:30 am at SCS (725 Kifer Road Sunnyvale, CA; located near Wolfe and Central Expressway).Volunteers,
sign up through the online calendar. To offer your extra fruit, visit the Home Sign Up page on the web site.
Kudos to Girl Scout
leader Donna Murphy for organizing a very successful community harvest in
the Springer School area of Mountain View! On Saturday May 30, Girl
Scouts, their parents, neighbors, and some VH regulars joined forces to
harvest 1280 lbs of citrus from 11 homes, including 6 where the homeowner
was able to harvest the fruit themselves and have us pick up. By all
accounts the Girl Scouts were terrific volunteers and everyone had a great
time. Thank you Springer Neighborhood!
We'll be having more neighborhood-focused events. If you'd like to help organize one for where you live, contact Heather (heather@villageharvest.org)
Andy Mariani and Andy's Orchard are holding a fun tasting and tour at the orchard in Morgan Hill, featuring many dozen varieties of each fruit. This is a rare and delicious chance to taste dozens of varieties of each fruit. Admission is only $15 for adults, children under 12 admitted free with adult supervision. $3.50 per pound for all U-Pick Fruit.
June 20th Mostly Cherries
June 28th Mostly Apricots
July 5th Mostly Apricots August 1st-Peaches, Nectarines, Plums,
Pluots, etc.
August 9th Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Pluots, etc
Starting Time: 10 AM Harvest Walk Note: Please check ahead to confirm dates. Dates are subject to change. Reservations for 5 or more people welcomed.
Andy's Orchard, 1615 Half Road, Morgan Hill,
CA 95037
408-782-7600 e-mail:
andysorchard@an
Website: www.andysorchar
Executive Director Joni has set a goal of reaching 100 Followers on Twitter! Please check out our Twitter account @villageharvest (www.twitter.com/villageharvest). Hint: VH will be featured in upcoming news articles very soon. Links will go out via Twitter -- you'll want to be in the know! (so that you can check for your name & picture & tell your friends =)
Volunteer Diana Foss continues to blog and post pictures on the Tuesday team's harvests and other food news: www.dianafoss.com/blog .
Year to date harvest
73,727 lbs as of 6/16/09, a record pace, 12% over last year at this same time.The latest event schedule is online at www.villageharvest.org/events.htm.
Events scheduled over the next few weeks as of 6/17/09; all dates subject to change based upon ripening and weather. You must visit the online calendar for the latest and to volunteer.
| Sun Jun 21 9am – 12:30pm | Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvesting |
| Mon Jun 22 8:30am – 12:30pm | NEW TEAM! Sunnyvale - Community Harvest |
| Mon Jun 22 2pm – 5pm | Morgan Hill Team - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Tue Jun 23 8:30am – 12pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Tue Jun 23 2pm – 5pm | Morgan Hill Team - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Wed Jun 24 2pm – 5pm | Morgan Hill Team - Community Fruit Harvest A |
| Sat Jun 27 9am – 12:30pm | Apricots - Los Gatos - Los Gatos, CA |
| Sun Jun 28 9am – 12:30pm | Apricots - Palo Alto - Palo Alto, CA |
| Tue Jun 30 8:30am – 12pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Fri Jul 3 8:30am – 12:30pm | Palo Alto - Harvest for the Hungry |
| Sat Jul 4 8:30am – 12:30pm | Apricots - Los Altos Hills |
| Sun Jul 5 9am – 12:30pm | Apricots - Palo Alto / Los Altos |
| Tue Jul 7 8:30am – 12pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sat Jul 11 8:30am – 12:30pm | Palo Alto - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Tue Jul 14 8:30am – 12pm | SJ central - Community Fruit Harvest |
| Sun Jul 19 9am - 12:30pm | Mountain View - Community Fruit Harvesting |
General Instructions for harvesting volunteers:
Cheers,
Village Harvest
info@villageharvest.org
www.villageharvest.org
(888) FRUIT-411
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