Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

Should the govt plant a fruit tree for every person all around the UK?
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I remember seeing fruit trees planted along the roadside in Germany,
could work, but the idea of some elderly lady toddling along the M25
with a carrier bag on her zimmer frame to get a handful of apples makes
me shudder.

Tim Perry wrote:
mogga;813975 Wrote:
Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

Should the govt plant a fruit tree for every person all around the UK?
--
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk

I remember seeing fruit trees planted along the roadside in Germany,
could work, but the idea of some elderly lady toddling along the M25
with a carrier bag on her zimmer frame to get a handful of apples
makes
me shudder.




Oh I don't know, it might solve the problem of us wrinklies getting to
numerous!

In article ,
says...
Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

No, there just may not be any. When I lived in York we used to go along
the cycle path picking loads of tiny apples which I would dice and
freeze for use later in the year. We don't have any of those where I
live now. However, now I can pick pounds of raspberries from the canes
that have escaped the garden of what looks like it used to be a Big
House to the roadside on the way to the railway station. Pounds. I got
13 small jars of jam, and put up 4 jars of raspberry booze each with
2lbs of berries in. I'm the only one who picks the things!

mogga writes
Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

Should the govt plant a fruit tree for every person all around the UK?

The nature reserve (1) I help look after has apples, cherries and plums.
Working parties in the right season are very pleasant ;-)

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.
--
Kay

Fruit trees, especially apples, are common roadside trees in the Czech republic, quiet country roads not motorways though. Unlike British people, many Czechs can actually be bothered to go out and pick them. Indeed don't grow fruit too close to your fence in that country if you want to eat it yourself - fruit within reach of passers-by is considered fair game. In Britain, many people don't even seem to be bothered to pick the fruit in their own garden.

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:24:00 +0100, K wrote:

mogga writes
Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

Should the govt plant a fruit tree for every person all around the UK?

The nature reserve (1) I help look after has apples, cherries and plums.
Working parties in the right season are very pleasant ;-)

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

That sounds interesting - how long has it been a nature reserve?

We've got Moston Brook not far away and that'll have blackberries but
thats all I've seen on it.
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mogga writes
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:24:00 +0100, K wrote:

mogga writes
Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

Should the govt plant a fruit tree for every person all around the UK?

The nature reserve (1) I help look after has apples, cherries and plums.
Working parties in the right season are very pleasant ;-)

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

That sounds interesting - how long has it been a nature reserve?

Since sometime in the 1980s - the Mill closed in the 60s, the council
'landscaped' it so it became an unofficial rubbish tip. Local man got
permission to tidy it and start planting, and we took over when he died
in 1994.

Website in definite need of updating, but tells a bit about it:
www.enginefields.org.uk
--
Kay

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:55:20 +0100, K wrote:

mogga writes
On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 11:24:00 +0100, K wrote:

mogga writes
Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

Should the govt plant a fruit tree for every person all around the UK?

The nature reserve (1) I help look after has apples, cherries and plums.
Working parties in the right season are very pleasant ;-)

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

That sounds interesting - how long has it been a nature reserve?

Since sometime in the 1980s - the Mill closed in the 60s, the council
'landscaped' it so it became an unofficial rubbish tip. Local man got
permission to tidy it and start planting, and we took over when he died
in 1994.

Website in definite need of updating, but tells a bit about it:
www.enginefields.org.uk

Thanks!
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http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk

In article , mogga
writes

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

And some not so local

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 4/9/08 12:12, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , mogga
writes

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

And some not so local

You're very generous with your plants, Janet - always have been. It's nice
to look at bits and pieces from friends and think of them at the same time!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

Janet Tweedy writes
In article , mogga
writes

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

And some not so local

Indeed. We have the Tweedy Copse :-)
--
Kay

In article , Sacha
writes
On 4/9/08 12:12, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , mogga
writes

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

And some not so local

You're very generous with your plants, Janet - always have been. It's nice
to look at bits and pieces from friends and think of them at the same time!



Oh Kay was wonderful. I grew a surfeit of trees from seed and she came
and took them all and the wild flowers that i had now nowhere to plant.
I'm glad they found a home!

Janet
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 4/9/08 21:40, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes
On 4/9/08 12:12, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , mogga
writes

(1) It's an urban reclaimed site (with old mill ponds, stream and
surrounding fields) so as well as the native stuff, we get gifts from
local gardeners.

And some not so local

You're very generous with your plants, Janet - always have been. It's nice
to look at bits and pieces from friends and think of them at the same time!



Oh Kay was wonderful. I grew a surfeit of trees from seed and she came
and took them all and the wild flowers that i had now nowhere to plant.
I'm glad they found a home!

Janet

Sometimes I think the depths of talent on this group do remain unplumbed in
so many areas. You and Kay are prominent among those who do so much
valuable and helpful work and there are many, many more. URG is a fantastic
resource when we stop to consider it.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

"Tim Perry" wrote in message
...

mogga;813975 Wrote:
Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.

I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

Should the govt plant a fruit tree for every person all around the UK?
--
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk

I remember seeing fruit trees planted along the roadside in Germany,
could work, but the idea of some elderly lady toddling along the M25
with a carrier bag on her zimmer frame to get a handful of apples
makes
me shudder.


Do it for her then.

Mary





--
Tim Perry