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    Autumn

    Apples !







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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...
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    Re: Autumn

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

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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.

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    Re: Autumn

    Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post
    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...!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
    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.
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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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    Re: Autumn

    Apple wine?
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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!
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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,
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