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Gathered Up:  Apple Picking Party!!  |
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lamarguerite farm
True Blue Farmgirl
649 Posts
missy
Battle Ground
Wa
USA
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 Posted - Sep 16 2006 : 8:00:03 PM
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I had the best afternoon with some wonderful friends today. My landlord has some trees that are loaded with apples and his granny smith split down the middle from the weight. He told me to come and take them all if I wanted to, so I called up the girls for some apples picking. We'll be doing some serious canning next week. It was just perfect. It was overcast but not raining and there was that crisp fall air. We talked each others ears off and laughed together. Just the whole feel of the experience is hard to put into words. I love when there are moments when you just feel so connected with women and working with you hands that it moves you.
Afterward we came back and had homemade vegetable soup and chatted for at least another hour. My 7yr old entertained us with a few magic tricks he recently learned!! haha
Here are a few pictures!!
Kay(therusticcottage)
Daniel, Kay, and Cheryl
Daniel up on the ladder
Cheryl hunting for recently dropped apples.
Blessings,
Missy
If you have a dream, even if you don't feel qualified to accomplish it, just try your hardest.-Maggie Jensen
http://18happyhens.blogspot.com
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Sep 16 2006 : 8:30:30 PM
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and what a view to pick by too!!!!! Loverly!!!!!
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
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lamarguerite farm
True Blue Farmgirl
649 Posts
missy
Battle Ground
Wa
USA
649 Posts |
Posted - Sep 16 2006 : 8:41:01 PM
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I hadn't been in my landlord's back yard befor and was just stunned at the gorgeous view!! We have a tributary that runs from this river behing us but the woods and underbrush are too thick to be able to enjoy it. I would love to be able to clear a trail to get back there at some point and go for walks.It's about 2-3acres back.
Maybe someday!!
Blessings,
Missy
If you have a dream, even if you don't feel qualified to accomplish it, just try your hardest.-Maggie Jensen
http://18happyhens.blogspot.com
http://LamargueriteFarm.etsy.com |
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl
3890 Posts
Karin
Ellenwood
GA
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2006 : 10:17:56 PM
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Missy- Farmgirls in action!! How fun! And what a nice thing for your landlord to do for you.:)
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2006 : 10:42:09 PM
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Loved seeing the pictures..and what fun!!! Are you going to can them as pie filling? Applesauce????? Have fun!!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Nancy Gartenman
True Blue Farmgirl
9093 Posts
Nancy
West Seneca
New York
USA
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Posted - Sep 16 2006 : 11:56:30 PM
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Love the pictures Missy, so many good things to make with apples. Love homemade applesauce. Just saw a good recipe for carmel apples yesterday I was thinking about trying. wish I had some farm girls near here to play with, I have a lot of good friends but they are not farm girls. Thanks for showing the pictures, I see Kay had her apron on.
NANCY JO
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2006 : 06:54:24 AM
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Hey, Mssy and Kay, just wanted to give you a heads up that these were not granny smith apples that you were picking. So, if you were planning something specific for them based on that info, you might want to rethink. They look more like galas to me, or an old fashioned apple of some kind. Probably much sweeter than grannys. Here's a link for photos of grannys: http://images.google.com/images?q=granny+smith+apples&hl=en
Glad you had a great time picking and enjoying the view!
Humor is the prelude to faith and Laughter is the beginning of prayer. -- Reinhold Niebuhr
http://farmstyle.blogspot.com
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Edited by - Clare on Sep 17 2006 06:55:44 AM |
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BlueApple
True Blue Farmgirl
430 Posts
Julia
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2006 : 07:16:41 AM
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Hey Clare....sent you an email...did you get it?
Julia
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lamarguerite farm
True Blue Farmgirl
649 Posts
missy
Battle Ground
Wa
USA
649 Posts |
Posted - Sep 17 2006 : 08:34:44 AM
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It might be hard to tell from the photos, but we picked from two different trees. The first was definately granny smith. The second, I'm not sure. They were very sweet with just a little bit of tart. Nothin' like a bite of an apple right off the tree.mmmmmmmm
Blessings,
Missy
If you have a dream, even if you don't feel qualified to accomplish it, just try your hardest.-Maggie Jensen
http://18happyhens.blogspot.com
http://LamargueriteFarm.etsy.com |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2006 : 09:30:13 AM
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We had so much fun and the homemade vegetable soup afterwards was so good! Yes, I had my apron on. That is my favorite work apron but I need to make another one. It's getting frayed around the edges. I'm making apple butter and apple sauce.
Clare -- thanks for the clarification on what the red apples are. We picked huge sacks of granny smith's first then got the others. The galas are so sweet. We were eating them right off the tree!
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farmgirlfriday
Farmgirl in Training
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Brooke
Puryear
TN
USA
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Posted - Oct 01 2006 : 10:13:37 AM
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That looks like it was a ton of fun ladies! Ever thought of making some apple butter? It's that time of year...and OH SO YUMMY!
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
6948 Posts
Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Oct 01 2006 : 10:23:21 AM
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looks like you all had a great time! that view down into the river valley is terrific.
~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~ |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Oct 01 2006 : 12:07:36 PM
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what fun!!! t'is truly grande when gurlfrenz get together for a good time! i mostly just made 'fried apples' from our apple trees this year (oh and some dried ones for 'garlands'. isn't this just the most wonderful season of the year! you gurlz are cutie pies! xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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