Blogger's Guides to Farm Work, Fruit Picking & Animal Jobs

Seeing Red: Fruit Picking in the Huon Valley
Travelling Chuck staves off destitution by helping to bring in a strawberry crop in Tasmania.

Today I’m a Strawberry
Matthew Lech describes a day on a fruit farm.

My Working Experience in Australia
Disappointed not to run into any hot TV lifeguards on Bondi, Sara turned to WWOOFing before she landed a paying fruit picking job in Shepparton.

A Summer Job in California’s Marijuana Fields
Derek heads into the mountains to take on a less than usual picking job.

Fruit Picking in Red Cliffs
Urzulu Brady and her friends were freaked out by their new home in the sticks but despite the unpromising start lasted ten weeks in Red Cliffs, Australia.

Kiwi Fruit Picking in Tauranga and Te Puke
Willy Naylor's tips on how he found work picking kiwi fruit includes a few contact names.

Laidley Fruit Picking
Watching Neighbours on TV lured Lee Bebbington to Australia. Despite intending to save £1,500 in three weeks the miserable reality of crawling around a damp field to pick tomatoes led her to quit after just three days.

Halloween and Fruit Picking in Ayr
Lennart started picking chilies before moving on to the back breaking capsicum crop.

Finding Work and Fruitpicking, My Tips and Lessons Learnt
Though not from a blog, this substantial post to Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree provides plenty of first hand advice on the practicalities of finding and doing fruit picking work.

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