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24th October 11, 01:22 AM
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Autumn
Apples !


Best,
Robert
Robert Amyot-MacKinnon
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24th October 11, 01:39 AM
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Re: Autumn
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...
Martin.
AKA - The Scouter in a Kilt.
Proud, but homesick, son of Skye.
Member of the Clan MacLeod Society (Scotland)
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24th October 11, 04:41 AM
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Re: Autumn
I do think some cider and apple cider donuts are in order!
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24th October 11, 05:13 AM
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Re: Autumn
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 :ootd:
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24th October 11, 05:27 PM
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Re: Autumn
 Originally Posted by 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 :ootd:
It's the same here in the Northeast US. The wild apple trees, the black walnuts, the currant vines - and every other fruit-bearing plant you can think of! - are bent over towards the ground with the massive crop of fruit.
The deer are going to be big and fat this season...!
Brian
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin
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28th October 11, 09:31 PM
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Re: Autumn
 Originally Posted by Woodsheal
It's the same here in the Northeast US. The wild apple trees, the black walnuts, the currant vines - and every other fruit-bearing plant you can think of! - are bent over towards the ground with the massive crop of fruit.
The deer are going to be big and fat this season...!
Just as Woodsheal says, my apple tree and black walnut tree went crazy this year.In addition to pies and applesauce, I borrowed a cider press and put away a bunch of cider. Five gallons of it are in my beer fermenter right now. The bubbling just stopped, so I'll bottle it this weekend.
Virtus Ad Aethera Tendit
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3rd November 11, 10:01 PM
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Re: Autumn
Opening a Possman's Apfelwein and going in to pluck "Wild Mountain Thyme" on guitar in Lady and Robert's honour, even though metro Chicago is not particularly wild and flat as a table and has no thyme growing, here.
Enjoy!
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24th October 11, 05:27 AM
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24th October 11, 05:49 AM
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Re: Autumn
We just bought a dehydrator at a yard sale and the coolest apple corer/slicer tool.
Maine had a bumper crop of apples too!
Humor, is chaos; remembered in tranquillity- James Thurber
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24th October 11, 06:46 AM
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Re: Autumn
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,
Last edited by creagdhubh; 24th October 11 at 06:54 AM.
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