Audrey, Sherry, Marilyn and Joan pose with the “windfall” apples from Ben Nobleman Park Community Orchard in August 2015. Each year the 10+ volunteers of the Ben Nobleman Park Community Orchard collectively spend over 100 hours a year caring for our trees and pollinator garden. This year we hit our 100th hour on August 8, 2015.

This week six volunteers gathered in Ben Nobleman Park to water our very thirsty fruit trees and weed the pollinator garden. At the same time, we also solved a mystery.

You see, our young apple trees have been in the ground for five years now, and they have been producing fruit for three years. And yet, we have not yet ever been able to taste any of the apples on our trees. Why? Continue reading →