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Good Riddance Fruit Flies!

Sun, 25 Aug 2013 02:48:13 +0000

You may have noticed that these pesky bugs have returned with a vengence in the past few weeks! Fruit flies tend to build in population in the summer as harvest time approaches and they reproduce very rapidly. The flies are attracted to fermenting fruit and can smell the scent of ripeness from quite a distance.…

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Apple Celebration

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:21:57 +0000

You are invited! Fruit Share is hosting a country fair style celebration at the Osborne South Sidewalk Festival. Join us and mingle with other fruit lovers! Free. When: Saturday, August 25 from noon until 4:30 pm Where: Fort Rouge Leisure Centre parking lot (625 Osborne Street) What: There will be apple peeling, bobbing for apples,…

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More cider picks this week!

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:10:36 +0000

We have 3 more apple extravaganza picks happening this week! We’re looking to gather a group of 6 or 7 volunteers who can spend a morning, afternoon or evening together picking apples at a few sites. Volunteers will be welcome to take home a small bag of apples, but the majority will be dedicated to…

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Apple Picking Extravaganzas

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:16:17 +0000

It is that time of year again, more apples than most people can figure out what to do with! To handle the great amounts we are seeing, we’re going to be organizing to have a whole ton of apples pressed into cider at Apple Junction. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be organizing several…

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It’s worth a trip to Apple Junction

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:22:07 +0000

This morning, my travelling buddy (Hector) and I, buckled up and drove over 800 lbs of apples to Apple Junction near Landmark, Manitoba. It was pressing day and we were scheduled to have some fresh, Manitoba Apple Cider made. The van was packed with apples harvested by volunteers from backyards throughout the city. Thanks to the…

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Apples for Apple Cider from Apple Junction

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:38:46 +0000

There’s a saying about making lemonade when you have lemons. Well, we’ve got apples, so we’re making apple cider! We have a lot of picking opportunities all around the city. If you’re not already actively picking apples, Apple Cider is another reason why you might want to get picking this weekend. Between now and Tuesday,…

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Poll: would you like apple juice?

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 04:53:03 +0000

We are excited to be planning several crab apple picks in mid-August in which the third of the fruit picked that would normally go towards the volunteers will instead go to making apple juice at Apple Junction. We would love to get your input on this – would you be interested in picking crab apples…

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A Drive to Apple Junction

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:01:00 +0000

Back in the old country, my family had an orchard right next to our circa 1600 Bauernhaus (farm house) on the outskirts of our small farming village. We had plums, apricots, pears, cherries and apples. While we preserved much of that fruit for our own use, we took many of our apples to the…

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