Apples Weekend

Last year our apple tree produced 12 apples. We were very disappointed. Every other year we had a huge crop and always managed to dehydrate, freeze, turn into apple sauce, eat, and share a lot of apples.  We hoped the tree wasn’t on it’s last legs, but this year it was back to normal!

 

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The last few weeks we have been picking a few apples here and there to test their ripeness. One evening the kids and I cored and peeled a large bowl of them and put them in the dehydrator. Here are Amy and Elliot helping me 🙂 A treat for them is to eat the peel as we work.

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We decided a week ago they were ready, but I was away for the weekend, so we couldn’t harvest them. This weekend though, game on!

 

I pulled out all our containers, both ladders and set to work. I filled the below container in about 10 minutes.

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These apples are a type of spartan we think, and are sweet, juicy, and very crispy. They are great in crumbles, pies, sauce, and just general eating.

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As you can see, we ended up with a LOT of apples. Time to start handing them out!

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