The orchard crew is wrapping up their pruning at the George Elle Rotary District 5730 South Plains Food Bank Apple Orchard just in time. Spring has arrived and 2,500 trees are leafing out and putting on blooms. It's a beautiful time at the orchard.
Since January Tommy Durham and volunteers from the TDCJ Montford Unit have been working to get the orchard ready for this years growing season.
Poet John Leax summed it up:
"A small orchard gracing a hillside, pruned to bear, is a sign of man's caring.
It fits into a scheme of many hills and many orchards, a scheme of many men caring."
Well, maybe our orchard isn't on a hill side, but it is a scheme of many people caring starting with George Elle, Howard Mercer, Cliff Breaud and a host of Rotarians and others who asked the question, "Wouldn't it be great if we could provide fresh apples to the hungry."
George is no longer with us, but what a wonderful legacy he left behind. Barring hail storms, which we had last year, we could have 200,000 pounds of apples to help feed the hungry throughout the South Plains. Harvest starts in late July!
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