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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl

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Michele
Bruce Wisconsin
USA
4328 Posts

Posted - Sep 03 2024 :  04:38:30 AM  Show Profile
My apples are getting close to ripe. I have cortland and honey crisp apples. The other trees took the year off. I checked them yesterday and both are just a touch under ripe. The woodpeckers are getting into them like crazy. The pileated woodpeckers really enjoy the apples and even the flowering crab apples. Add in the deer cleaning up the windfalls. We do have two small trees, Zestars, that we left a few apples on to taste them. They were ripe the first of August. I picked apples for my ma in her orchard a few weeks ago. The Duchess apples are her favorite. It is a very old tree, that thankfully keeps going. Enjoy the season.

Farming in WI

Michele


YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl

7133 Posts

Sara
Paris TX
USA
7133 Posts

Posted - Sep 03 2024 :  06:42:58 AM  Show Profile
Michelle. so enjoyed hearing you talk about your and your mother's apple orchards. Hope the woodpeckers don't do too much damage.

Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl

6747 Posts

Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6747 Posts

Posted - Sep 03 2024 :  09:32:24 AM  Show Profile
Our Apples are just starting to turn red, looking forward to making Apple Pies, Cobblers and more. Our company coming will sure enjoy every thing I make.

Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl

4764 Posts

Dawn
Naperville Illinois
USA
4764 Posts

Posted - Sep 04 2024 :  07:32:22 AM  Show Profile
Enjoy your apple crop Michele. Is the old apple tree at your mom's house one our great-grandparents had planted? Have fun canning your apple pie filling to enjoy all winter long.

Dawn in IL

“If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.” Unknown
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl

7273 Posts

Krista
Utah
USA
7273 Posts

Posted - Sep 04 2024 :  12:42:08 PM  Show Profile
Hopefully the woodpeckers will leave you some apples. They all sound delicious. I can't wait until my apple tree has apples. Enjoy all those yummy apples!

Krista
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl

4328 Posts

Michele
Bruce Wisconsin
USA
4328 Posts

Posted - Sep 05 2024 :  03:10:53 AM  Show Profile
Yes Dawn the tree was planted by our great grandparents. Being over a hundred years old, I am amazed it keeps going. the land has been in our family for 123 years now.

Farming in WI

Michele


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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl

6667 Posts

Winnie
Gainesville Fl
USA
6667 Posts

Posted - Sep 08 2024 :  3:57:33 PM  Show Profile
Michele, enjoy those fresh apples from your farm this year. Maybe you can make something with them for our Annual Apple Pie Sunday, on September 29, to finalize our celebration here at MJF!

Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl

4764 Posts

Dawn
Naperville Illinois
USA
4764 Posts

Posted - Sep 09 2024 :  09:10:32 AM  Show Profile
Michele I'm so glad the tree is still producing. Our great-grandparents would have been thrilled that you are still farming at the homestead. Enjoy your apples!

Dawn in IL

"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion." — Henry David Thoreau
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl

1279 Posts

Wanda
Murrells Inlet SC
USA
1279 Posts

Posted - Sep 09 2024 :  09:28:08 AM  Show Profile
What a blessing Michelle to be able to carry on the farming traditions on your great-grandparents land.

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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl

582 Posts

Sylvia
Kent WA
USA
582 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2024 :  2:59:33 PM  Show Profile
Does someone have MJ’s apple fritter recipe

Sylvia
Kent, WA
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl

4328 Posts

Michele
Bruce Wisconsin
USA
4328 Posts

Posted - Sep 24 2024 :  03:28:01 AM  Show Profile
I don't have it Sylvia. I do have a fritter recipe from Americas test kitchen though that is very good.

Farming in WI

Michele


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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl

2400 Posts

Judith
Galt CA
USA
2400 Posts

Posted - Sep 24 2024 :  11:34:09 AM  Show Profile
Sylvia -- if you do an online search for "apple fritters" you will find a lot of good recipes.

Judith

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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl

4328 Posts

Michele
Bruce Wisconsin
USA
4328 Posts

Posted - Sep 25 2024 :  02:39:12 AM  Show Profile
I finished up with apples yesterday. Canned 6 quarts of juice. I picked most of the apples off the tree then, for a friend. The woodpeckers really did alot of damage to alot of apples. The cows get the bruised apples that had fallen, and boy do they love them.
From Americas Test Kitchen= apple fritters= put your apple pieces in your dry ingredients before adding the wet. Also they use apple juice or cider for the liquid for more flavor. They are good!

Farming in WI

Michele


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alterationsbyemily
True Blue Farmgirl

697 Posts

Emily
Chambersburg PA
USA
697 Posts

Posted - Sep 27 2024 :  09:42:03 AM  Show Profile
Cissik, did you get the reciept? I have an absolute backlog of MJF magazines and books.

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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl

582 Posts

Sylvia
Kent WA
USA
582 Posts

Posted - Oct 04 2024 :  10:38:39 PM  Show Profile
No I did not get the recipe but people suggestef some yummilicious alternatives. Making spiced apple jelly tomorrow withe the nam makerMight have to make some fresh bread. Just to do a test!!

Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
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