Anna, The Lemon Lady

Farmers' Markets Today in California - Search by Zip Code...

2012-01-22T07:25:00.000-08:00

Did you know there are farmers' markets almost every day of the week, all year, rain or shine in California?

We love the farmers and the markets. So much fun to be out and about! Breathe crisp morning air, listen to music, delight in the beautiful assortment of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables. Have fun. Visit a market soon!

CLICK HERE to FIND A MARKET in a city near you.

There are dozens of local markets to pique your interest. You will find many more markets in cities throughout California. Simply search the California-Grown Certified Farmers' Markets website above.

Diablo Magazine - On A Mission With The Lemon Lady

2012-01-16T12:44:00.000-08:00

Diablo Magazine, November 2011 - Special Food Issue.
On newsstands now.
On a Mission With the Lemon Lady, by Justin Goldman

http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/November-2011/On-a-Mission-With-the-Lemon/

Thank you Diablo Magazine, Susan Safipour, Justin Goldman and Mitch Tobias. You are definitely helping the hunger cause and getting the word out around our community! Beautiful work. Happy Harvest Season to all.

For Fruit Donations, Free Pick-Up or Delivery, to schedule a harvest date or volunteer opportunities:

Anna, The Lemon Lady
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
Cell: (510) 406-1625
Home: (925) 672-1988

Home Composting. FREE Workshops in 2012. So easy, even Oscar The Grouch can do it...

2012-01-15T07:31:00.000-08:00

The best way to amend poor soil is to start your very own garden compost! Toss nutrient rich kitchen scraps into the compost pile, instead of into the garbage can. Be kind to Mother Earth, and reduce waste. The Environmental Protection Agency has great composting information on their website.

There are many Bay Area Workshops on how easy home composting really is. Even if you live in an apartment, a small worm box can do the job! The Central Contra Costa Solid Waste Authority (CCCSWA) sponsors upcoming classes in several cities throughout the year. CLICK HERE for the complete 2012 schedule. All classes are FREE of charge!

A few upcoming dates:

01/04/2012	Walnut Creek	7-8:30 p.m.	Composting & Vermicompost	Heather Farms Community Center
02/28/2012	Lafayette	1-2:30 p.m.	Composting & Vermicompost	Orchard Nursery
03/18/2012	Walnut Creek	3-4:30 p.m.	Composting & Vermicompost	Lindsay Wildlife Museum
04/14/2012	Walnut Creek	10-12:00 p.m.	Vermicompost & Bin Building	Heather Farms Community Center
05/12/2012	Lafayette	12:30-2 p.m.	Composting & Vermicompost	Mt. Diablo Nursery
06/30/2012	Walnut Creek	10:30-12:00 p.m.	Composting & Vermicompost	Lindsay Wildlife Museum
07/14/2012	Walnut Creek	10:00-11:30 a.m.	Composting & Vermicompost	Sports Basement

The Lemon Lady's Favorite Lemon Bars...

2012-01-10T12:00:00.000-08:00

Photo courtesy: http://www.cooksillustrated.com/

Ahh...what memories. Back when I was single and fancy free, before trading cookbooks for Dr. Seuss books, I lived and breathed from one dinner party to the next. Baking trays and trays of scrumptious desserts. A tried and true recipe from Cook's Illustrated still tops my list as an all-time favorite. Give it a try. Find a neighbor with a lemon tree. Glean a few for the food pantry. Make friends and bake yummy lemon bars!

From Cook’s Illustrated, May/June ’98.

The crust:
1 ¾ cups flour
2/3 cup powdered sugar, plus extra for decoration
¼ cup cornstarch
¾ tsp. salt
12 tbl. unsalted butter at very cool room temp., cut into 1-inch pieces

Lemon filling:
4 large eggs, beaten lightly
1 1/3 cups granulated sugar
3 tbl. flour
1 tsp. finely grated lemon zest from 1 large lemon
2/3 cup juice from 3 large lemons, strained
1/3 cup whole milk
1/8 tsp. salt

For the crust: Lightly butter a 13-by-9-inch baking pan and line with one sheet of parchment paper. Dot paper with butter and then lay a second sheet crosswise over the first.

Pulse flour, powdered sugar, cornstarch, and salt in food processor to blend. Add butter and process to blend, 8 to 10 seconds, then pulse until mixture is pale yellow and resembles coarse meal, about three 1-second bursts. Sprinkle mixture into lined pan and press firmly with fingers into even, ¼-inch layer over entire pan bottom and about ½ inch up sides. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake crust until golden brown about 20 minutes.

For the filling: While crust is baking, whisk eggs, sugar and flour in a medium bowl then stir in lemon juice, zest, mile and salt to blend well.

To finish the bars: Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Stir filling mixture to reblend; pour into warm crust. Bake until filling feels firm when touched lightly, about 20 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack; cool to near room temperature, at least 30 minutes. Holding edges of parchment paper, lift whole cake out of pan and transfer to cutting board, fold paper down sides and cut into serving-size squares or bars, wiping knife clean between cuts. Sieve more powdered sugar over bars, if desired.

P.S.
To find a food bank or local food pantry, zip code search, nationwide, CLICK HERE.

What do you do when you walk on by a fruit tree? Any ONE of us can do this...

2012-01-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

CLICK on the flyer for a larger image.

How can we alleviate hunger if we don't even try? (And, end urban fruit waste at the very same time!) Any ONE of us. Any Town, USA - or any part of the world - for that matter, can make an impact in the lives of those less fortunate. From the doorsteps of fruit tree owners...to the doorsteps of need.

"Knock. Knock. Hello. My name is Anna and I see that you have a fruit tree. By any chance do you use all of the fruit for your own family, or would you be interested in sharing a bit with a local food pantry?"

That's all I do. (Well, I've knocked on thousands of fruit tree doors.) Yet, it truly is that simple. What are you waiting for? Fruit is ripe right now! Every city has an edible urban harvest. Is it apples, peaches, peanuts, walnuts, chestnuts, pecans, cherries, oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruit, avocados, apricots, loquats, pineapple, passion fruit? It is a passion! Happy Thoughts. Happy Harvesting.

I am also available for public speaking at social and civic groups, offices, churches, faith groups, schools, preschools, senior clubs, service organizations, etc. to inspire other individuals who wish to help alleviate hunger and inspire others. Thank you!

Contact:
Anna, The Lemon Lady
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
Cell: (510) 406-1625
Home: (925) 672-1988

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/annaandava

BLOG: www.thelemonlady.blogspot.com

Television Interviews, CLICK HERE

PEOPLE Magazine Hometown Hero 2011, CLICK HERE

KGO radio newscast from the very beginning of my hunger campaign:
http://www.salvationarmyconcordca.org/audio/lemon%20lady.mp3

Seed Catalogs FREE. 2011-2012. Dream. Garden. Grow Inspired...

2011-12-30T07:39:00.000-08:00

I encourage parents, educators, schools, garden clubs, civic groups to order free seed catalogs; they're excellent teaching resources!

If I had a class of students, I would send the list of FREE SEED CATALOGS home so parents can order for rainy day reading. This is free education at it's best, in my humble opinion.

If we can inspire children (and adults) to learn about nutrition, biodiversity and self-sustaining agriculture, perhaps they will learn to make more intelligent food choices and promote healthier living. I have read many seed catalogs in their entirety. I believe and hope future generations will come to understand how wonderful growing our own organic food and saving seed truly is. My daughter Ava understood what a seed was long before her second birthday. It is never too early to give the gift of gardening to our babies.

Let us also teach our children what an heirloom vegetable is, how to save seeds, and which seeds can even be saved! Have fun. Grow something and happy harvesting!

FREE Seed Catalogs. NEW YEAR 2012

A few to get you started:

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
http://rareseeds.com/catalog
(417) 924-8917

Seeds of Change
http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/catalog_request.asp
(888) 762-7333

Bountiful Gardens
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/inforequest.asp
(707) 459-6410

Botanical Interests
http://www.botanicalinterests.com/heirloom-seeds-catalogs

Seed Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/CatalogRequest.aspx
(563) 382-5990

Territorial Seed
http://www.territorialseed.com/catalog_request
(800) 626-0866

Wild Garden Seed
http://www.wildgardenseed.com/requestcatalog.php
(541) 929-4068

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
http://www.southernexposure.com/free-catalog-p-586.html
(540) 894-9580

Select Seeds
http://www.selectseeds.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/mngmnt/catalog_request.htm
(800) 684-0395

National Gardening Association
http://kids.garden.org/inquiry.php
(800) 538-7476

DONATE FRUIT. Feed The Hungry! Lemons. Pomegranates. Persimmons. Apples...

2011-09-21T10:58:00.000-07:00

Life is not all about lemons! In California and other states nationwide, we have an abundant fall harvest. Pumpkins. Pomegranates. Persimmons. Apples. Pears. Lemons. Limes. Oranges. Tangerines. Grapefruit and many more. Begin noticing the beautiful autumn colors decorating urban sidewalks in a city near you. Find a tree. Meet your neighbors. Make a new friend. Pick fruit. Do good.

No child should go hungry. We don't have a food shortage in America. We have a food distribution problem. This is a wonderful, easy opportunity for any ONE of us to make a difference in our own community. Food banks and food pantries nationwide accept homegrown fruit for donation to feed the hungry.

CLICK HERE for food banks and food pantries NATIONWIDE who accept fresh fruit and produce.

Garden. Grow. Share the love. Pick some lemons.

Happy Harvesting!

Call or email "the lemon lady" for Free pickup and delivery.

Anna, The Lemon Lady
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
Cell: (510) 406-1625
Home: (925) 672-1988

For Media inquiries or to Learn More: CLICK HERE.

FREE Museum Passes. Every Day Use. Discover and Go. Have fun!

2011-09-01T14:05:00.000-07:00

The Contra Costa County Library launched a wonderful new program offering free museum passes to many Bay Area Museums. Check it out. Tickets are easily reserved and printed from your own computer.

Wednesday, we're excited to see a Magic Show at the Antioch Library. Saturday, we're visiting the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. All free. All compliments of the Library. Great things happen at the Library. Don't miss the fun!

Visit www.ccclib.org. Click on the "search events" tab to find upcoming magic shows, puppet shows, story times and many other fun events for children. Your calendar can be full each and every day. Lots of happy children.

Anna 'the lemon lady' Fruit Harvesting Mission - Television News Interviews...

2011-08-05T23:06:00.000-07:00

NBC Bay Area Television - Thanksgiving Newscast
Anna Chan, Lemon Lady Fruit Harvesting Hunger Mission

Filmed on location at SHARE Food Pantry, Concord, California

CBS5 Television, Jefferson Award Interview
Lemon Lady Feeds East Bay Families In Need

ABC7 Salutes - 'Lemon Lady' Comes Through in Tough Times

Media Inquiries
Or to VOLUNTEER
Please Contact:
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
(510) 406-1625
(925) 672-1988

Join The Hunger Cause. Donate Fruit!

FIND A FOOD PANTRY - Local - Concord, California, CLICK HERE

FOOD BANK LOCATOR - Nationwide - Feeding America - Zip Code Search, CLICK HERE

Do you wish to learn about gardening? FREE Education...

2011-08-05T10:20:00.000-07:00

If you really wish to learn about gardening, order your free seed catalogs. I've made it super simple for you, just click and order from several different seed companies: Kid's Gardening, Seeds of Change, Bountiful Gardens, Seed Savers Exchange, Baker Creek Seeds (Rare Seeds), Territorial Seed, Burpee, Gurney's, Henry Fields, Southern Exposure and Tomato Growers Supply Company.

Seed catalogs are packed full of useful information. (Education!) Share the catalogs with your children. Plant some seeds. Delight in the color photographs. Learn the history and origins of vegetables. Organic gardening solutions. Alternate pest control methods. Beneficial insects. Predatory insects. How to grow micro greens, baby lettuces, winter veggies, cold weather, warm weather, rainy weather. Any weather's the right time for gardening!

If you need seeds - I'll donate them to you. Let's get growing!

The catalogs are free. A beautiful, wonderful world of gardening awaits you. Become inspired. Garden. Grow. Live. Learn. Eat healthy!

Happy Harvesting.

A few garden related articles I've written over the past years:

FREE - Seed Catalogs
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/04/thursday-april-23-2009-free-seed.html

Homegrown, Gourmet Salad greens for your Thanksgiving Day Feast
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/10/homegrown-gourmet-salad-greens-for-your.html

Calling All Parents, Educators, Schools, Church and Civic Groups
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/05/calling-all-parents-educators-schools.html

Local Foods, Local Tastes. At the Contra Costa County Library
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/09/local-foods-local-tastes-at-contra.html

40 Days, 5 Cents, Fresh On The Table
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/05/40-days-5-cents-fresh-on-table.html

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/05/happiness-held-is-seed-happiness-shared.html

Weed Out The Hybrid Seeds
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/05/weed-out-hybrid-seeds_24.html

Nasturtiums from our garden
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com/2009/04/nasturtiums-from-our-garden.html

One Million Lemons (and other fruit)* Collected to feed the hungry!

2011-07-17T23:00:00.000-07:00

*Fruit harvesting for the hungry is so much more than just lemons.

There's been a lot going on in the past couple of years! This simple idea to feed the hungry began with a goal to harvest a thousand pounds of lemons in a month. Due to overwhelming community response, my first month's urban gleaning yielded 2,000 pounds of citrus fruit from my very own neighborhood. Pound after pound, hundreds of trees later...

One tree at a time, one farmers' market box of produce at a time, thousands of volunteer hours, a growing baby and a very patient husband - I've collected over a MILLION lemons, oranges, grapefruit, pomelos, tangerines, tomatoes, zucchini and other fruit. (We're not even talkin' green beens, grapes, potatoes, cherries and tons of other veggies.) The count can only be measured in tons and we've far exceeded a MILLION PIECES OF FRUIT!

With dedication and empowering others to become involved, we continue to see the fruits of our labor multiplied. ONE MILLION multiplied by how many others become inspired to collect fruit from their own trees and neighborhoods? No child should go hungry all the while healthy, tree-ripened fruit lines urban sidewalks rotting to the ground. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to the many volunteers and FARMERS I've met along the way. One tree at a time. Together, we truly can make a difference bringing healthy fruit to those who need it most.

Without Community, Without Farmers, Without Love...none of this would be possible!

When you see a fruit tree...what do you do? Do nothing. Nothing will ever get done. Join the FUN!

For a sample fruit tree flyer, Any Town, U.S.A.
Please contact:
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

Fruit grows on trees. It cannot walk itself into a food pantry!

MEDIA INQUIRIES, CLICK HERE.

Fratello Marionettes. FREE Puppet Show. Monday, July 18th...

2011-07-17T22:04:00.000-07:00

Enjoy an unforgettable Monday performance! Puppet shows are a dazzling experience sure to captivate children, and the young at heart. Ava and I have been fortunate to see several Fratello Marionettes performances at our local libraries. Shows at libraries are usually FREE sponsored by Friends of the Library Foundations.

Don't miss tomorrow. Monday, July 18, 2011, 10:30am. Walnut Creek Downtown Library, 1644 North Broadway. Walnut Creek, California. One-Year Birthday Celebration! Fratello Marionettes in Chef Pierre's Birthday Surprise.

CLICK HERE for Fratello Marionettes Schedule Details.

CLICK HERE for Contra Costa County Library Events Calendar.

CLICK HERE for VIDEOS of other Fratello Marionette Puppet Show Performances.

Donate Your Garden Produce. Lettuce feed the hungry today! Free pickup and delivery...

2011-07-10T19:36:00.000-07:00

Contra Costa County: Concord, Clayton, Pleasant Hill, Martinez, Lafayette, Orinda, Walnut Creek, Alamo, Danville, Mt. Diablo Country.

The beautiful summer growing season brings abundant harvests for many backyard gardeners.

Are you a gardener or urban farmer with too much of a good thing? A ton of tomatoes, a zillion zukes or cukes, beans coming out of your ears? One tomato, two tomato, three?

Call the Lemon Lady for immediate pick-up and delivery.

I deliver homegrown produce to local food pantries who feed the hungry. Chances are I have pick-ups right around your neighborhood too. If you need boxes, I can even donate boxes.

Grow it. Box it. Porchside pickup seven days a week! "Lettuce" feed those less fortunate throughout our community.

Daily pick up and delivery to food pantries throughout Contra Costa County. Call today!

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

(510) 406-1625

www.thelemonlady.blogspot.com

Hufffington Post Impact. Greatest Person Of The Day...

2011-07-10T19:34:00.000-07:00

Huff Post Greatest Person Of The Day:
Anna Chan, the "Lemon Lady,"
Feeds The Hungry On Her Own Dime
By Lucas Kavner

CLICK HERE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/26/huffpost-greatest-person-_n_867552.html

DONATE FRUIT and VEGETABLES to feed the hungry!
That is what this is all about. One person can make a difference.

Please contact:
AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
510.406.1625

Nationwide FOOD BANK locator. Where to deliver fresh garden produce...

2011-07-09T15:21:00.000-07:00

Connecting Millions of Gardeners across America to food pantries and county food banks. Any Town, Every Town, USA. Where to deliver fresh garden produce:

Feeding America

Donate excess garden produce, tree-ripened homegrown fruit to any of thousands of food banks, food pantries, Salvation Army, Churches, Homeless Shelters, Soup Kitchens Nationwide. From California to the Carolinas, New York to Florida and every state in between.

CLICK HERE - ZIP CODE SEARCHING

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ONE STOP RESOURCE - Covering the State of California
California Association of Food Banks

CLICK HERE - ZIP CODE SEARCHING

Alex Ramon, Magician. UPDATE: Walnut Creek Lesher Center SHOWS THIS WEEKEND!

2011-07-08T17:57:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: Alex Ramon is also performing at the Dean Lesher Center in Walnut Creek, CA on Saturday, July 9th and Sunday, July 10th.

CLICK HERE to visit his website for further info.

Bay Area raised, internationally famous, award-winning Magician, Alex Ramon entertained library goers at the Berkeley Claremont Library yesterday. Ava and friends were absolutely mesmerized by the magic and fun. Alex is a genuine, charming and very talented magician. He even took time to speak to fans and parents after the show - a really nice guy!

CLICK HERE to visit Alex Ramon's website.

CLICK HERE for YouTube promo video.

From Alex's website:

Alex Ramon is the star "Magical Zingmaster" in Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey presents Zing Zang Zoom. Alex has performed for millions of people in 14 countries around the world. He toured the globe for 2 1/2 years starring in Disney LIVE! Mickey's Magic Show as a principal Illusionist. By age 18 Alex had already received National Recognition for his talents and was a recipient of the coveted Lance Burton Award. He has been named "San Francisco Bay Area's Best Stage Magician." Currently, Alex Ramon performs hundreds of shows each year in "The Greatest Show on Earth" and is the only magician to ever be the featured performer in a Ringling Bros. Circus. For more information on Alex visit... http://www.alexramonmagic.com/

Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco. FREE DAY...

2011-06-28T08:23:00.000-07:00

The museum of science, art and human perception

FREE Museum Day is Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Exploratorium
at The Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123

(415) 561-0360 - general information
(415) 561-0362 - Tactile Dome reservations

Open Tuesday—Sunday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays (except certain holidays).

FREE Musuem Day for Exploratorium is the First Wednesday of every month.

For a handy list of other FREE Museum Days, CLICK BELOW.

Contra Costa County Library Card Holders, PRINT Exploratorium and other museum tickets for FREE. Discover and Go. CLICK HERE.

Seed Catalogs FREE. 2010-2011. Dream. Garden. Grow Inspired...

2011-06-11T08:57:00.000-07:00

I encourage parents, educators, schools, garden clubs, civic groups to order free seed catalogs; they're excellent teaching resources!

If I had a class of students, I would send the list of FREE SEED CATALOGS home so parents can order for rainy day reading. This is free education at it's best, in my humble opinion.

If we can inspire children (and adults) to learn about nutrition, biodiversity and self-sustaining agriculture, perhaps they will learn to make more intelligent food choices and promote healthier living. I have read many seed catalogs in their entirety. I believe and hope future generations will come to understand how wonderful growing our own organic food and saving seed truly is. My daugher Ava understood what a seed was long before her second birthday. It is never too early to give the gift of gardening to our babies.

Let us also teach our children what an heirloom vegetable is, how to save seeds, and which seeds can even be saved! Have fun. Grow something and happy harvesting!

FREE Seed Catalogs. NEW YEAR 2011

A few to get you started:

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
http://rareseeds.com/catalog
(417) 924-8917

Seeds of Change
http://www.seedsofchange.com/garden_center/catalog_request.asp
(888) 762-7333

Bountiful Gardens
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/inforequest.asp
(707) 459-6410

Botanical Interests

http://www.botanicalinterests.com/heirloom-seeds-catalogs

Seed Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org/CatalogRequest.aspx
(563) 382-5990

Territorial Seed
http://www.territorialseed.com/catalog_request
(800) 626-0866

Wild Garden Seed
http://www.wildgardenseed.com/requestcatalog.php
(541) 929-4068

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
http://www.southernexposure.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=99006&Category_Code=CAT
(540) 894-9580

Select Seeds
http://www.selectseeds.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi/mngmnt/catalog_request.htm
(800) 684-0395

National Gardening Association
http://kids.garden.org/inquiry.php
(800) 538-7476

PEOPLE Magazine Article - On Newsstands Nationwide Current Issue...

2011-06-09T11:22:00.000-07:00

UPDATE:
PEOPLE Magazine, Heroes Among Us
Once Hungry, She Now Feeds Others
May 30, 2011, page 74. CURRENT ISSUE.

April 2011, I was contacted by People Magazine to be included as a "Hometown Hero" for my volunteer work of harvesting fresh fruits and vegetables to feed the hungry. We finished the People Magazine Interview and photo shoot a few weeks ago. I understand the "lemon lady" article may publish in this week's edition of People Magazine.

Friends and Family, please keep a look out at newsstands nationwide for People Magazine.

More important - Have YOU walked on by a fruit tree today?
Do nothing. Nothing will ever get done. I can't harvest every fruit tree in America, all by myself.

FREE Fruit Harvesting for the Hungry.
FREE pick-up and delivery to local food pantries.

Any one of us can step up and make a difference to those in need. Any Town, USA. Please be inspired to help. Fruit truly matters. Thank you.

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
(510) 406-1625
http://thelemonlady.blogspot.com

FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/annaandava

People Magazine Writers and Editors:
THANK YOU for your interest in sharing my story with your readers. This most definitely will inspire others to donate fresh fruit from their own trees to feed the hungry!

Random Acts of Kindness. What do you believe in?

2011-06-06T11:30:00.000-07:00

“Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.” Diane Keaton
___________________

Issues I believe in:

Fruit to food banks. Random Acts of Kindness. All children deserve fresh apples, oranges, lemons at their breakfast table. Won't you please help The Lemon Lady save our world one little lemon at a time?

Random Acts of Kindness In Action:

One Lemon Lady Letter at a time. One person. One tree. It all begins somewhere. Drop a flyer at the first fruit tree you see. You don't even have to cut the fruit - simply start an awareness campaign. You can blog about it, tweet it, link it, find me on Claycord, Facebook, or Google. Please...just share some good news today! Our children need you. Citrus fruit is ripe - right now all over the Bay Area.

Email The Lemon Lady: AnnaAndAva@gmail.com. I'll send a flyer to get you going.

Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco. FREE DAYS...

2011-05-31T09:41:00.000-07:00

The museum of science, art and human perception

FREE Museum Day is Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Exploratorium
at The Palace of Fine Arts
3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123

(415) 561-0360 - general information
(415) 561-0362 - Tactile Dome reservations

Open Tuesday—Sunday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays (except certain holidays).

FREE Musuem Day for Exploratorium is the First Wednesday of every month.

For a handy list of other FREE Museum Days, CLICK BELOW.

Contra Costa County Library Card Holders, PRINT Exploratorium and other museum tickets for FREE. Discover and Go. CLICK HERE.

Welcome! Diablo Magazine Readers...

2011-05-31T08:00:00.000-07:00

CLICK HERE: Meet The Lemon Lady, by Peter Crooks. Diablo Magazine January 2010

Welcome! Diablo Magazine Readers. Thank you for visiting my blog today. For fun ways to help save the world one little lemon at a time, perhaps you'll enjoy these easy ways to volunteer. Happy Harvesting, and Happy New Year!

How to Save the World One Little Lemon at a Time. - CLICK HERE.

Volunteers Needed Immediately.

Help Spread Sunshine to others. - CLICK HERE.

Calling All Parents, Educators, Schools, Church and Civic Groups. - CLICK HERE.

Food Contests. Grants. Other fun stuff. - CLICK HERE.

Mission To Feed The Hungry. Fruit Harvesting. Even toddlers can join the fun...

2011-05-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

Ava, my little "lemon lady junior" has been helping Mommy harvest fruit for the hungry since she could barely toddle around the garden.

Become inspired. Please join us in our preschool fruit harvesting adventures. Locally, I invite anyone in the community to visit us for a day of fruit harvesting fun. Bring your children. Call anytime.

SHARE the mission with your friends, faith group, church, social clubs, school or service group. SHARE the harvest. If we do nothing, nothing will ever get done. Have you walked on by a fruit tree today?

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com
Cell: 510.406.1625

Looking for Loquats! Do you know what a loquat is?...

2011-05-14T20:49:00.000-07:00

Loquat trees are found all over the Bay Area. Loquat fruit grow in clusters and their sweet flesh can be either white or orange in color. They are sometimes called Japanese Plums. This photo is from early May 2009 and the fruit was not yet ripe then. Looks like neighborhood loquat trees are a bit behind this year. I'm guessing most will be ready for harvest mid-June to early July.

"Lemon Lady" is looking for loquats! If you have a loquat tree, please contact me ASAP to schedule a harvesting date. Food pantries are grateful for any fruit donations - including loquats! If you find a neighbor with a loquat tree, please share this message. Fruit grows on trees, yet it cannot walk itself into a food pantry.

FREE Pick up and delivery. AnnaAndAva@gmail.com or (510) 406-1625. Happy Harvesting!

To find a food pantry in Concord, California: CLICK HERE.

To find a food pantry Nationwide, zip code search: CLICK HERE.

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How is your garden growing? FREE SEEDS, Resources, Education, Gardening, Inspiration...

2011-05-06T10:00:00.000-07:00

Spring Planting season is here! Have you always dreamed of gardening, but never knew how to begin. We're here to help! FREE SEEDS.

If you need free seeds, please contact:

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

510.406.1625

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