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Post by Drahkk on Mar 12, 2013 13:03:54 GMT -5
There seems to be an unwritten rule about forbidding edibles from open plantings, as though it is an attractive nuisance and potential liability. It's because only one person in several thousand will willingly pick edibles on public property. Whether it's fear of uncertainty (You picked those on the side of the road? Are you sure they're safe?!?), fear of being seen "stealing" or thought of as "homeless", just plain inattention (didn't realize it was there), or the way consumers have been trained to expect perfect produce, most fruit grown on public trees will end up rotting on the ground, creating a smelly mess that the city or other responsible institution then has to pay to have cleaned up. There are exceptions of course; videos have been posted in other threads of cities with established and well known edible landscaping programs, and that works; if the general public knows it exists and knows it is safe, they will partake. Barring that, though, you'd have to put signs on each tree, designating them free and safe for public eating. Most sheeple only do what an "authority" figure tells them to. MB
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Post by steev on Mar 12, 2013 13:11:18 GMT -5
While it might appear a waste that fruit from street plantings rots on the ground, it can provide food for a bountiful supply of "urban squirrel".
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2013 13:12:09 GMT -5
I remember picking berries on the roadsides, in the Pacific Northwest, and think of the abundance which might have been enjoyed, if those trees on the edge of your property were producing so much fruit.
Having learned whether the area was prone to be sprayed, we literally filled buckets. This is more common, depending in the local culture. But, smallish boxes, called clamshells, have sold for $4 in grocery stores.
I have conserved live hardwood from long-abandoned properties and also considered whether I am trespassing.
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