Anwhere in Reading Berks for foraging

lushplus4

Does anyone know if there any good places to pick plums etc in or around Reading, I am a single parent with four kids to feed and need to make the best of what I can get for free, Thanks in advance

lushplus4

Or has anyone got a glut of anything on their allotment, any help would be appreciated, it would be going to a good home thanks

Biggles

lushplus4 wrote: »

Does anyone know if there any good places to pick plums etc in or around Reading, I am a single parent with four kids to feed and need to make the best of what I can get for free

So you mean 'other people's plums', ie stealing?

lushplus4

No I don't mean that at all, I have never stolen and never intend to. What on earth made you think I wanted to steal?

I mean, wild fruit of any sort, or where I lived before I had apple and plum trees laiden with fruit and I used to put it in the front garden for people to help themselves.

Also sometimes people have a glut of one particular thing that they would rather give away than throw away. I was just hoping someone would like to help.:)

Tracey2609

Hi

Not too far from Reading... Bracknell has a public park called Lily Hill Park - it has a public orchard of old English variety apples (don't think that it has plums!), anyone is welcome to go and pick some as long as you don't "strip" the trees so that others can enjoy some as well.

henmuffin

If you belong to Freecycle you could ask on there. I have had apples before as people often can't eat what they have.

lushplus4

Tracey2609 wrote: »

Hi

Not too far from Reading... Bracknell has a public park called Lily Hill Park - it has a public orchard of old English variety apples (don't think that it has plums!), anyone is welcome to go and pick some as long as you don't "strip" the trees so that others can enjoy some as well.

Thank you for that I might go there when I am in the area:T

lushplus4

henmuffin wrote: »

If you belong to Freecycle you could ask on there. I have had apples before as people often can't eat what they have.

Thats a great Idea, I never thought of that:T

mogchops

Not close to you I'm afraid, but we have cherry plums near us, which are delicious, the trees are laden with them at this time of year, I dont think many people pick them!

Biggles

lushplus4 wrote: »

No I don't mean that at all, I have never stolen and never intend to. What on earth made you think I wanted to steal?

Fair enough, it was just that most plum trees belong to somebody. But I guess there will be a few on common land, roadsides etc, which would be fair game.