This morning as I packed up school lunches, I realized we were missing something. So, I put on my shoes, called Rosie and wandered out to the back trees to gather up snacks. Cameron especially, loves these little apples. Morning, noon and night, they're his food of choice. Can't go wrong with that.
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| They're not grocery-store perfect and that's just fine by me. |
13 comments:
I'm always worried I will bite into a worm! And even though I'm not a vegetarian, I would rather not eat worm with my apple. So, the question of course is: how often do you find worms in your apples?
Better finding a whole worm than half a worm I always say. :P
I think one of your dreams has come true!
DORITO
Lovely haul! Despite the wet cold spring our apple trees flowered profusely and there's been no shortage of apples to pick. I always cut into them first though to make sure there's no issues rather than just biting.
Isn't it true that if there's a little worm in an apple, it means they are natural? I love your photo of them - very cozy!
We had great apples here too this year (well, great for prairie crab apples!) Those look so nice- love the variation.
Mara - so far, so good. Haven't found one yet. (knock on wood)
Cookie - I'm with you!
Dorito - yay! Now if only those apple sticks would start producing.
Marguerite - I think it helped that winter hung in so late; there was no late frost and so lots of apples. (pears too I hear!)
Olga - I don't know. These are all natural but I don't really want to find a worm.
Leah - I'm glad we tried them this year.
Yes indeed, it's apple season here, too! Are those Galas pictured on your post? It's cool you have the opportunity to go directly to the tree when you need the good stuff! Kind of like our situation in the summer at the lake, surrounded by the cherry orchards. Enjoy...
Hi Mark - they're all wild no-name apples. (Maybe we should name them!) I think I'm jealous that you're surrounded by cherry orchards.
what a wonderful opportunity! we don't have any fruit trees yet and the longer I procrastinate over what and where to plant, the longer I'll have to wait for fruit.....I should really get on with it, but I would love to have the decision made for me with no-name wild apple trees instead!
I have one apple tree at our new home. it is a crabapple and the apples are so covered in scab that they are not edible :( I am going to look for a disease resistant one to plant next spring.
Liz - about five years ago, we planted two apple trees - one finally produced a whopping 7 apples this year. They were good (a type of Macintosh, I think.) The other one's an Imperial Gala but it's never bloomed. A couple years ago we put in a mix of trees (whips) but I think we've got a few more years 'til we see anything with them. The sooner you plant them, the sooner you'll see fruit.
Wendy - there's a place near Uxbridge called Siloam Orchard. You should google it. You wouldn't believe the varieties of trees they have! We got our whips there a couple years ago. If you don't mind waiting for them to grow, you can get anything.
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