more apples, never enough
I know. I know. I’ve been neglectful to the blog, but the school year always puts a zinger in my day.
Last weekend we headed back to the same orchard where we got the Honeycrisp apples. This time we picked golden delicious, and they really are what they claim in their name. Mike even thinks they taste better than the Honeycrisps. I’m on the fence because I enjoy the little bit of tart you get with the Honeycrisps whereas the Goldies are mostly just sweet.
It was a brisk, chilly morning. The first and last we’ve had so far. We had to bundle up.
Violet loved being able to amble about.
The kids do a pretty good job of filling their bags up. Although we had to throw out many of the apples from them because they looked more like pre-ripe crab apples.
Mike was our master picker, so I left the task up to him while I snapped pictures and followed Violet around.
After a while poor Violet was getting too cold. Daddy turned into a marsupial for her.
The entire group.
Since we ended up with another half bushel of apples, Mike and I decided to make some applesauce. It was so delicious that we didn’t even have to sweeten it. Good stuff.