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Comment by Dan Moore on April 5, 2010 at 9:33pm

Robyn, I'd be happy to add your fruit tree if you'd like, or give you permission to add fruit trees yourself. I include many trees on private land, either with the owner's permission or without. The only reason not to list your fruit trees would be if you did not want the public knowing about it.

I haven't expanded to Louisville/Lafayette because I don't go there often, but would love to add more trees if you know where they are.

I wrote an article about the gleaning of fruit trees in Boulder which explains (as I understand it) how access to trees on private land works: http://www.tasteslikefood.com/2007/11/29/boulder-county-fruit-free-...

And I quote :) "After you’ve identified a fruit tree, you need to find out if you may harvest the fruit. If it is on public property, such as a park, you don’t need any permission. On the other hand, if it is on private land, ask the property owner. The easiest way to find the status of the property is to use the County Tax Assessor’s website, which will give you the owner’s mailing address."

Urchek, Claire, I'd love to see a true catalog of fruit trees around Boulder, rather than just an ad-hoc map of whatever fruit trees I or someone I know sees! It would be a large task, though.

Comment by Urchek on April 5, 2010 at 9:01pm

Yea, that hypothetical map would be really interesting to see the actual distribution - especially if it were coded by type of fruit and even by strain. Ph. D project for a CU student, perhaps?:)

Comment by Claire Zimmerman on April 5, 2010 at 8:35pm

I agree with Urchek, for this particular map, I think it is a "public gleaning" type of map.
A different map would be interested, to see where ALL the fruit trees are, regardless of their public availability.

Comment by Urchek on April 5, 2010 at 8:22pm

My understanding of the fruit tree map, Robyn, is to highlight the fruit trees which are not being utilized for their delicious fruit.

Unless you want a bunch of folks leaning over your fence and harvesting your fruit, it seems to me that registering it would only add confusion. This is my opinion. Thoughts?

Comment by Robyn Churchill Rathweg on April 5, 2010 at 8:04pm

Neat fruit tree map. Would you like to expand the area to include Louisville and Lafayette? Perhaps a simple way to signify if the fruit is available to ambitious gleaners would be helpful. Should I register my apple tree if I plan to pick the fruit myself?

Comment by Dan Moore on March 8, 2010 at 5:00pm

Hi folks,

I started that fruit tree map linked above. I would love to have more trees added. Please email me with any you'd like to add, and I'm happy to have more contributors!

(I know there is at least one other project to map fruit trees in Boulder, see http://www.boulderfruittreeproject.com/ )

I haven't pushed this information to be public primarily because many of the trees are on private land and I haven't thought of a good way to be responsive to private rights. It's on my todo list to turn the map into an entire website, where appropriate gleaning behavior can be outlined.

BTW, I'm a 2008 High Altitude PDC Grad.

Dan

Comment by forrest craver on November 3, 2009 at 7:02am

Also I was born and grew up in Gettysburg Pa. German farmers settled in the Adams County area very early in our nation's history. The rolling hills and climate reminded them of the valleys in Germany where they came from. Other than Washington state, Adams County is largest apple and cherry growing region in the US. My mother's best friend is the owner of Rice Fruits,the largest apple producer. She and her sons continue a business that is more than 50 years old. Also, the Gettysburg National Military Park maintains "The Peach Orchard" a sacred site during the battle of Gettysburg. The site has more than 100 trees and there are times when locals can pick fruit for their families from the Peach Orchard without charge. But the main beneficiaries are the hundreds of deer within the park who get their morning snacks there!!! forrest

Comment by forrest craver on November 3, 2009 at 6:57am

Dear Colleagues,
Thanks for your good work. I lived in Boulder for a year and I am now living and working in Arvada. I look forward to meeting with your leadership core team soon. So count me in and sign me up. Blessings Forrest Craver

Comment by Carol McFadden on March 10, 2009 at 3:29pm

I think this is a wonderful group. I live in Denver and was looking for information about fruit trees, I have two peach trees and a cherry. Well, I had a cherry tree, it was taken out last week because of shot hole borer. I put out a message asking for information in hopes of saving the tree. However, I received no responses. I believe we all need to have access to information on the care of our fruit trees. Hopefully, this sight will create some good links. Thanks for starting this Forest. Hopefully it will engage some arborists in Denver as well.

Comment by Claire Zimmerman on March 7, 2009 at 10:58am

Hey Jason, I think Sandy Cruz or Marco Lam might know about the map, I'm remembering that a permie student, or naropa student made a gleaning map a few years back.... it would be great to have this map public, and in a format where we can all add to it!!! I found a nectarine tree right dowtown last year, that nobody was harvesting from! tips like this would be wonderful information.

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