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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6727 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6727 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 20 2017 : 12:55:59 PM
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I am offering another Apple giveaway this year to help celebrate our upcoming Apple Festival Month starting September 1, 2017. This year, I have made a few fun things to help you celebrate this fun month together. If you would like to participate, just leave your name below and tell us one special apple memory you have.
A winner will be drawn on Friday September 1!!
A big congratulations to Lenora, firecatinc, for being our 2017 Apple Festival Winner today!! I am sending you an email to get your mailing address and as soon as I receive it, you package will be in the mail.
A big thanks too to everyone who entered and left a fun story about an apple experience in their life. I enjoyed reading everyone and I hope all of you did as well. If you still have not signed up for the Apple Swap, you have a few more days to join in the fun. Apple fun will be shipping across the states and into Canada soon. And we all know that Farmgirl Mail is the BEST ever!
By the way, today I was in the grocery store and decided to check out the bags of apples. One bag of Jonamacs, which are a hybrid of Macintosh and Jonathans, was present. They came from New England area. One little clue I have discovered is that if you get a strong whiff of apple when you smell the bag, there is a good chance that the apples are this year's crop. They are also medium sized which is convenient for lunch boxes and desks at work. The bag passed the sniff test and they are really good. As a matter of fact, I have eaten two of them this afternoon!!! If you go to the store this weekend, check out the bags of apples and see if any pass the sniff test!! Later this weekend, I thought I would bake a couple and see how they turn out. I love baked apples made in my apple baker. Easy and delicious!
For more information on our Apple Festival, see my other post today.
I am also posting an Apple Swap under the swap category if you would like to participate as well. The more apples the merrier!
An Apple a day keeps the doctor away!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015 |
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
596 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2017 : 1:17:56 PM
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I remember years ago, watching the Disney short, about Johnny Appleseed and the teacher passing out apples! Such a fun experience!!
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9539 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9539 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2017 : 3:41:27 PM
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I remember apple picking with my mom when I was young. I always loved biting into their sweet, crunchy goodness as we rode back home. I always think of those times when we go apple picking with our grandchildren.
~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
3162 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2017 : 6:27:57 PM
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Our favorite memories are going to the orchard in Hendersonville NC and picking apples... bushels and bushels of apples! We MAY have found an orchard here locally, so I'm hopeful we can continue our annual tradition. We generally pick and buy between 5 and 6 bushels!!!
~ Shannon, Sister # 5349
Farmgirl of the Month - January 2016
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6727 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6727 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2017 : 10:41:36 AM
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I hope everyone is finding this link so they can sign up for the giveaway!
Thank-you Cheryl, Denise, and Shannon for the wonderful apple stories you have. Shannon, I do hope you find an local orchard there in Wyoming near your new home!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015 |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7533 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7533 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2017 : 10:48:33 AM
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My favorite apple memory was from when I was in elementary. I don't remeber exactly which grade but it was a younger one. We brought apples to school and turned them into turkeys. We used toothpicks with marshmallows on them as the turkey tail feathers and then a colored paper turkey head on a toothpick for the head. I wish I still had a picture. I remeber being so excited about my apple turkey that it was our centerpiece for Thanksgiving dinner!
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
7020 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
7020 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
7020 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2017 : 10:52:07 AM
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Originally posted by Blessed in Colorado
Please put my name in your Apple Crate for the give away Winnie.
I remember taking my son Kent who is now 41, when he was young to an apple orchard in Germany on a crisp fall day to pick apples. Oh the fun we had.
Thank you.
Hugs,
Deb
#1582
Blessed in Colorado
FGOTM, Septembe, 2012
"You must do the thing you think you can not do." Eleanor Roosevelt
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
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Hugs,
Deb
#1582
Blessed in Colorado
FGOTM, Septembe, 2012
"You must do the thing you think you can not do." Eleanor Roosevelt
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13719 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13719 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2017 : 12:37:48 PM
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Hi Winnie,
Please enter me in your giveaway! I have MANY apple memories as I grew up on a farm with big apple orchards. One of the first things you learn if you are going to help harvest is how to set and use an orchard ladder properly and safely. It's one thing to ascend these ladders with an empty picking sack and quite another to descend with it full. You're carrying all the weight on your front and you could easily topple forward . . . or misstep . . . or hang the bulky cargo up on the rungs of the ladder.
The orchards still exist and I live on acreage that used to be part of the farm. Even though my parents are long gone to heaven I'm able to STILL enjoy the orchards. They belong to someone else now, but these folks are gracious and, since I'm one of the Gardner daughters, I can pick ALL the apples I want!
Love my daddy's orchards and apples!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
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firecatinc
True Blue Farmgirl
1252 Posts
Lenora
Fulks Run
VA
USA
1252 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2017 : 4:20:17 PM
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I would like to be entered into the give away. I remember in 4th grade making applebutter. Our arms were so sore from stirring.
Nora
Farmgirl Sister #7131
Farmgirl of the Month, January 2017
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3512 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
3512 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2017 : 4:53:23 PM
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I would like to enter. My family has gone to pick apples since my girls were young. Five years back we planted apple trees on our property, so now we harvest our own. Girls are almost grown so those are fond memories.
Farmgirl #5111
Farmgirl of the month October 2014
Blessings
~Kelly~ |
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
1931 Posts
Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
1931 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2017 : 2:18:57 PM
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every year we attend an amish fall festival in sept. where they make apple butter, apple fritters, apple pie everything homemade and you can watch and taste. so fun. also my grandpa planted apple trees all over the neighbor hood and took care of them. I still have a tree on my dads farm that bears apples every year. grandpa was like the legend of Johnny Appleseed.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7263 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7263 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2017 : 2:23:06 PM
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I don't have any apple festival memories because apples don't grow in Texas but I do remember bobbing for apples as a child. Does that count?
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2017 : 7:23:50 PM
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Please enter me in the apple giveaway. Minnesota has many apple orchards so we go to pick every year. Our arboretum developed the honey crisp. My favorite.
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3280 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
3280 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2017 : 09:08:26 AM
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I'd love to win some more apple goodies, but since I was the lucky winner last year please pick someone else Winnie. I would love to share my favorite apple memory though. When I was a teenager this recipe card came in the mail - it was some kind of deal that you were supposed to buy more of them. Anyway - the free one was for an apple pie. It sounded delicious. My mom bought me the apples and I proceeded to make my first homemade apple pie. I was not at all prepared for the amount of work or time it would take to peel all those apples and slice them up. And the part where you use 2 knives to cut in the butter for the crust! I learned real quick how handy the little tool they have for that is! I really didn't think all that work was worth it as I put the pie in the oven. I was SOOOO wrong!!! My family was so thrilled with my pie. I made it often. I even entered it in the fair for a 4-H project. I have since used other recipes, but I will never forget making my first apple pie.
~Heather
Farmgirl Sister #4701
September 2014 Farmgirl of the Month
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"The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment" - Yogi teabag
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6727 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
6727 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2017 : 10:23:31 AM
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I just love all of these wonderful apple memories that all of you are sharing!! They are just so sweet to read and fill my day with smiles and even a laugh at times. Thank-you ALL!!!
He, he he, here is a photo of me picking delicious apples for everyone!!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015 |
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
582 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2017 : 10:45:38 AM
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Growing up in Hawaii, I don't have childhood memories of picking apples. Moving to Eugene,OR, I took my first bite from just-picked apple and I was in heaven. Now I own several trees and so look forward to our yearly crop. Fresh apples are amazing.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
Back Door Farm Girls Chapter
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nnfolkways
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2017 : 2:34:43 PM
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My favorite apple memory is going to the local u-pick farm while they were making apple butter in a huge cauldron. They had a bluegrass band playing and my daughter, who was two at the time, was holding her gourds and dancing. The smell of the hay, cinnamon, and apples are a smell I've yet to be able to replicate.
Heather
How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew.
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
2474 Posts
Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
2474 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2017 : 7:43:33 PM
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I almost forgot about the apple butter. I was an interpreter at a historic site. Every year we made apple butter in a copper kettle, stirred with a wooden paddle over an open fire outside on the grounds. I made about 48 quarts. A lot of work but delicious result. The jars went to staff members.
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LeeW
True Blue Farmgirl
61 Posts
Isleta
Raymore
MO
USA
61 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2017 : 1:05:23 PM
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Please enter me; I love apples. We have a local orchard that makes the best clear apple cider - only available in grocery stores now that their restaurant is closed. They served wonderful apple fritters and apple butter. Thank you!
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9539 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9539 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2017 : 5:57:37 PM
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This is so fun! I haven't been able to be involved much on the forum in a while and it feels so good to come back and join in on all the great farmgirl stuff.
~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
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firecatinc
True Blue Farmgirl
1252 Posts
Lenora
Fulks Run
VA
USA
1252 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13719 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13719 Posts |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
7020 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
7020 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2017 : 7:23:14 PM
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Congrats Nora, I can not wait to see the goodies Winnie will send. What a lucky Farmgirl you are.
Hugs,
Deb
#1582
Blessed in Colorado
FGOTM, Septembe, 2012
"You must do the thing you think you can not do." Eleanor Roosevelt
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
http://shopus.longaberger.com/mountainwingslongabergerbaskets
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3512 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
3512 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2017 : 05:28:16 AM
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Congratulation Nora! Enjoy your goodies. Thanks for doing this Winnie.
Farmgirl #5111
Farmgirl of the month October 2014
Blessings
~Kelly~ |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7263 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7263 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2017 : 06:31:10 AM
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Congratulations Nora!
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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Holidays: Apple Festival Giveaway!! WINNER TODAY!! |
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Apple Festival Giveaway!! WINNER TODAY!!
