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Free Apples Need a Good Home ASAP

July 12, 2011 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

Green apple tree photo by Derrick Coetzee. This is not the actual apple tree.
Green apple tree photo by Derrick Coetzee. This is not the actual apple tree.

Ruth from southeast Aurora dropped me a line via the blog two days ago offering free green apples from her apple tree, which is going wild with fruit this year. Any Colorado locals are encouraged to take her up on the offer immediately, as the apples are ripe for the picking, in fact falling off the tree at this moment. 

Contact Ruth at 720-217-6394 to schedule a pickup or get directions. 

The timing is good for Gregg and me, too, as we’ll be down Denver way this week and plan to go get some for ourselves, though I don’t think I can handle more than a couple bags full. She believes they are Granny Smiths and they’re 2 to 2.5″ in diameter—good for pies and jams, she says. They’re organic as they’ve never been sprayed.   

If you can’t use any apples yourself please pass on the word lest the fruits of nature’s bounty go to waste.

[Photo is not the actual tree; it is courtesy of Derrick Coetzee, licensed through Creative Commons.]

edible apples, Colorado, Denver, foraging

Comments

  1. Butterpoweredbike says

    July 17, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    In the Denver area, there is a great program called Denver Yard Harvest that collects and distributes fruit in just this sort of situation. Also, you can search Ample Harvest to find local foods banks that accept fresh produce.

    We should know each other. I’m a wild foods lover in CO, too 🙂

  2. erica says

    July 18, 2011 at 8:14 am

    Agreed! I found your blog 2 days ago upon the recommendation of a friend, and but for the sudden new deadlines I find myself faced with, I would have been in touch already. Your mushroom finds have me jealous and hunting, but nothing to report as of yet here at 11,000 feet. I also tried to pickle purslane and cabbage the way you made the dandelion bud capers (which look awesome, BTW; love the photos!), but my jar was the wrong shape for the anaerobic seal, argh. I’m looking forward to reading your roadkill entries too! Thanks for the Denver Yard Harvest info; perhaps that was what Ruth in fact heard on NPR and I’ll look into it further (or Ruth, perhaps you can?) as soon as I get a chance. I’m so glad you reached out… At some point I would also like to discuss the criminality of egg white omelets and frankenfoods further, as I fear I am guilty of both. Until then, -erica

    PS: if anyone’s reading this, definitley check out hungerandthirstforlife. It’s about wild edible food adventures and more and the writing is like a ray of light.

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