Sunday, October 19, 2008

Apple Picking

We headed up to Lyman Orchard to pick apples.





Look Mom, this apple has a face!



Ty was only interested in the leaves.


I just want to taste it Dad!


We picked several kinds of apples.




In the end we couldn't leave without heading over to the pumpkin patch in search for the perfect pumpkin.


We had big plans for our bags of apples. We ate them as snacks, made carmel apples, devoured an Apple Crisp, and canned 3 jars of PINK applesauce (YES, It is pink.). This was my first year canning applesauce on my own. I canned what we picked (which explains the color). My fabulous mom sent her Victorio Strainer which made my job a lot easier. Thanks for being on call mom!!

I wish our apples would of stretched farther but I have BIG apple plans for next year.



2 comments:

Rachael said...

Isn't Lyman farms the best? That was our favorite spot.

Way-to-go on the applesauce! Wish I could have been there to make some with you. I've always wanted to do it - and I bet with apples from Lyman's it would be very very yummy.

On a side note - isn't it awful picking apples?? Because it's not like berries. Before you know it, the kids have pulled off bags and bags of apples and you're suddenly asking yourself - what the heck am I going to do with all of these???

Anonymous said...

Great Job Steph, I would love to do apple sauce with you next year!
I love the pics!!