In full force, the stone fruit is happening in SLO County right now! Today’s plum glean was managed by a volunteer harvest team of Chuck and Vince at the Johnson home in Arroyo Grande. We gleaned oranges at this same property last year. At that time, the generous homeowners suggested we contact them in the summer when their 15 Santa Rosa plum trees all start to ripen at once. We remembered the timing, put it on our “season planner” and contacted them a few weeks ago to check in. They contacted us over the past weekend, and within one day, we had 10 volunteers ready to glean. Pictured here is part of the wonderful volunteer glean team that came to the rescue and saved the plums before they dropped…832 pounds of beautiful plums that will be shared and distributed by the Food Bank of SLO County this week! Thank you Johnson family! Thank you gleaning team!
