The afternoon became beautiful, mid-60's and sunny, it just smelled like fall. In the afternoon I went apple picking with Becca and her friends, Laura and Billy, at a community member's home, Terri. She lives in a beautiful home in the country on an old apple orchard. It's great because none of her trees are sprayed ever and she doesn't know the varieties, but I can tell you they're sweet and a bit battered but who cares if they taste good, right?? Terri was so kind and gave us a little tour and let us pick as much as we wanted! Most of the apples left were in hard to reach places but we were able to climb trees, use a ladder, and the hood of my truck. It was sooo much fun. This week I'll be making plenty of applesauce and will be experimenting with making some apple butter and apple pie filling for canning (these two I haven't made before). It's worth a shot, and I'm looking forward to it!
Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful fall day. Well, it started off very very chilly, I sat at the farmers market stand with some of the SEEDS farmers from 9-1 and we shivered the whole time. I love the energy at the market, there were plenty of friends and community members to chat with, it was a wonderful time. And Franzwa, the farmer next to us, gave me a beautiful bouquet of snap dragons at the end of the market. Luckily, the snap dragons survived last week's frost! It's amazing what an early frost does to the diversity of crops, it went from a bountiful summer farmer's market full of zucchini, peppers and tomatoes to one full of winter squash , potatoes and summer vegetable stragglers in a week. Still, delicious food! The afternoon became beautiful, mid-60's and sunny, it just smelled like fall. In the afternoon I went apple picking with Becca and her friends, Laura and Billy, at a community member's home, Terri. She lives in a beautiful home in the country on an old apple orchard. It's great because none of her trees are sprayed ever and she doesn't know the varieties, but I can tell you they're sweet and a bit battered but who cares if they taste good, right?? Terri was so kind and gave us a little tour and let us pick as much as we wanted! Most of the apples left were in hard to reach places but we were able to climb trees, use a ladder, and the hood of my truck. It was sooo much fun. This week I'll be making plenty of applesauce and will be experimenting with making some apple butter and apple pie filling for canning (these two I haven't made before). It's worth a shot, and I'm looking forward to it!
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9/29/2011 12:48:15 am
HiMonica,
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Monica
10/2/2011 10:52:18 am
Thanks Aunt Louise:) I will definitely try to make some apple turnovers, sounds delicious. Isn't fall just the best time to be outside?? Picking apples the other day was just so much fun!
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