Autumn

[Ancienne Alliance]

Apples !







Best,

Robert

[Laird_M]

Reminds me of a conversation I overheard the othe day.

An old gent was having a go at a streetsweeper about how much we pay the local council and how much litter was left everywhere.
The sweeper wasn't at all interested and said 'if you can think of a way to get more money to keep the streets clean, write to the council'.
The old boy came back very fast and replied
'Well, if you'd pick and sell all the roadside apples and pears I see everywhere and the damn kids keep hurling at my greenhouse, you might get enough money to do it!'

He did have a point. Apparently an estimated 5000 + fruit trees can be found alongside our motorways from people hurling the cores out of car windows...

[EHCAlum]

I do think some cider and apple cider donuts are in order!

[Pleater]

The apple trees are so laden this year, I have bags full of them, and the trees are still groaning under the weight of fruit - as they are not a keeping sort I'll have to freeze or ferment them before they go rotten. I can't give them away - everyone has had a massive crop this year.

Anne the Pleater

[Redhawk]

Apple wine?

[Tartan Tess]

We just bought a dehydrator at a yard sale and the coolest apple corer/slicer tool.
Maine had a bumper crop of apples too!

[creagdhubh]

Beautiful! I can feel the sunshine! Lady Chrystel may be hard at work preparing apple custards, tarts, pies, bread, juice, cider, etc (or is this your job, Robert?!)!

Best wishes for a relaxing autumn my friend,

[EHCAlum]

Minor thread hijack. How are the fall colours up in ME this year, havent quite started to change here, but looking to be a dull year.

[MacBean]

Is there some trick to getting apples? I have four trees and never seem to set more than five fruit between them.

[Baldybrown]

We had a late Spring, and although the Autumn has been spectacular, the bears have taken most of the apples.