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Across the Fence:  Apples, tis the season  |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4285 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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 Posted - Sep 03 2024 : 04:38:30 AM
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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
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7082 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Sep 03 2024 : 06:42:58 AM
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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
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6694 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Sep 03 2024 : 09:32:24 AM
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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
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4749 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Sep 04 2024 : 07:32:22 AM
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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
7183 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 04 2024 : 12:42:08 PM
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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!
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4285 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4285 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2024 : 03:10:53 AM
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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
6651 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Sep 08 2024 : 3:57:33 PM
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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
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4749 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2024 : 09:10:32 AM
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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
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Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2024 : 09:28:08 AM
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What a blessing Michelle to be able to carry on the farming traditions on your great-grandparents land.
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Farm Girl #3677
Farmgirl of the Month: Aug/2022
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4285 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4285 Posts |
Posted - Sep 24 2024 : 03:28:01 AM
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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
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Sep 24 2024 : 11:34:09 AM
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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
4285 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Sep 25 2024 : 02:39:12 AM
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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
694 Posts
Emily
Chambersburg
PA
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2024 : 09:42:03 AM
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Cissik, did you get the reciept? I have an absolute backlog of MJF magazines and books.
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 04 2024 : 10:38:39 PM
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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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