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izquierdista

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22. It would be "impractical"

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 04:36 PM

Jan 2012

It would be "impractical" to hire day labor to harvest the fruits and nuts.
It would be "impractical" to hire day labor to process the harvest and pack it for sale.
It might be a liability for the city or county to sell food products.
It might be a liability for the city or county to give it to a food bank.

No, better to leave it to the wild animals or rot.

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Guerilla Grafters strike in SF - grafting fruit producing branches on to trees. City don't like it. [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 OP

I don't mind fruit trees in the city. RandySF Jan 2012 #1

"authorities" don't like the mess of real fruit bearing trees. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #3

They also don't like the homeless people those trees would attract. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #6

Or the slip and fall lawsuits that would sufrommich Jan 2012 #9

Almost all fruit trees are grafted Retrograde Jan 2012 #12

You can lead a horticulture Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #20

How many years have you been waiting to use that one? Lochloosa Jan 2012 #25

My dad made that one a staple in our house, although he used the conventional spelling, speech-wise Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #26

I grew up in fruit country and grafted trees all the time. Its awesome. roguevalley Jan 2012 #15

I would think fruit and nut trees in a city would be a good idea. Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #2

I would love seeing fruit trees everywhere. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #4

The nuts? izquierdista Jan 2012 #21

Meh, I'd rather see them work with the city instead of just doing it. Brickbat Jan 2012 #5

Anyone who has been to Phoenix during the citrus season knows that. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #11

I would think in a densely populated area, overproduction of fruit would be a minimal issue. Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #14

I like this. SpankMe Jan 2012 #7

You have to have fertile ground for that Aerows Jan 2012 #17

Back in the 1970s, I proposed that the city and county where I lived plant MineralMan Jan 2012 #8

Maybe city property away from pedestrian traffic sufrommich Jan 2012 #10

That's funny, considering that one of the main downtown streets MineralMan Jan 2012 #16

That was bad planning on someones part. There sufrommich Jan 2012 #18

The city was very proud of their olive trees. MineralMan Jan 2012 #19

It would be "impractical" izquierdista Jan 2012 #22

The idea was that people could pick it for themselves and MineralMan Jan 2012 #23

Then someone would have to spray those, or otherwise work to keep pests off. I have an TwilightGardener Jan 2012 #13

California's relatively pest-free Retrograde Jan 2012 #24

Why don't they just allow it where it obviously does no harm? This is a prime example of boneheaded yellowcanine Jan 2012 #27

More: Renegade arborists creating forbidden fruit in San Francisco Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #28