Monday, October 4, 2021

How do you like them apples?

 We have a small Apple Orchard about 20 miles from us.  They are only open on weekends. 


The apple of the weekend was Honeycrisp


We bought some and they are crisp and wonderful...just picked off the tree flavor. 


They have some things for kids to do and tables and chairs sitting near the orchard.   They were a friendly bunch.   The farm originally belong to their grandfather and now two grandsons (brothers) own it. 

It was a nice drive over and back...a good Sunday drive. 

When the huge grocery store does not have apples...a small business does!

Far Side

29 comments:

aurora said...

A grocery store without apples? Wow! Can’t say I’ve ever been in one that completely ran out. You got fresher apples, supported a small local business and had fun doing so. It’s been years since I’ve been at an orchard. Good idea!

Val Ewing said...

We have some of the same issues with produce and with fresh fruits and meats. I stopped going to the big stores for those items last year. I visit the local butcher who take in local farm meat and get anything I wish. I also can stop by farm stores and pick up so many items too.
LOL.
Not toilet paper and some of the other things. We even have a food coop that is a bit pricey however their fresh veggies are always wonderful and it too is from local resources. And I could order on line and get a curbside pickup.
Big stores don't do business with little local places. That should change.

linda m said...

I do so love the neighborhood farms. Produce is so much fresher when purchased there. Very cute display out front.

Dawn said...

No apple at the grocery store must have been meant to be!

Miss Merry said...

We live near a family apple orchard. When our kids were little we would head over on a weekend in October, pick apples, admire the toy John Deere tractor collection in glass cages, purchase an apple fritter and glass of cider from the Basket Festival Queen and let each kid choose a pumpkin. If we picked the right weekend, there was an antique car show. Unfortunately this has progressed with the addition of mazes, a pit of corn kernels, food trucks, crafters and a balloon house. And adults and children each need to purchase a $14 wrist band to enter the premises and the right to purchase apples and pumpkins.

DJan said...

I like honeycrisp apples but Fuji are my favorite. :-)

Sara said...

Honey Crisp apples are one of our very favorites. It would be fun to visit an orchard this time of year. We used to get a lot of Haroldson (sp??) when my parents were alive as they had several trees. The Haroldson is a variety originating at the U of M.

Maebeme said...

The apples look good! we don't have anything like that nearby so I'm stuck with supermarket apples.

Leah said...

That is good to know! Looks like a nice place.

Betsy said...

That's one thing I'm missing about Spokane. We had apple, peach, pear and grape orchards less than 10 miles from where we lived and about 5 miles from where we lived in the trailer last year.
Costco had no toilet paper or water when I was there last week.
Blessings,
Betsy

Tired Teacher 2 said...

Honey Crisps are delicious! I also love Jonathan’s, but they are nearly impossible to find anymore.

Red said...

Nothing better than stuff out of the dirt or right off the tree.

L. D. said...

I have been buying the honeycrisp right now. We have apples as are snack as we watch tv at night. My diet restrictions are disgusting but an apple with some peanut butter is great too.

Granny Marigold said...

Those apples taste better than any that came via the grocery store, I'm sure.
And part of the enjoyment is driving out to get them ( or pick them if one is able to).

Rita said...

OH, Honeycriss are delicious! Those must be even better picked from the farm! :)

The Feminine Energy said...

That's one of my favorite activities in autumn... going to the apple orchard. Honey crisp apples are my husband's favorite and they're always ready for picking around his birthday every year... Sept 19. Enjoy! ~Andrea xoxoxo

Bonnie said...

Now that was a wonderful Sunday outing! A beautiful taste of Fall. You can be sure those apples were better than anything you could have gotten at the grocery store!

Jo-Anne's Ramblings said...

I do like apples but none in a grocery store is strange

At Home In New Zealand said...

Love the flavour of apples that have not been through cold storage. So fresh and yummy!

Karen said...

We have an orchard not too far from us too. We were there last week, bought half a bushel of Honey Crisp and Cortland mix. And two quarts of apple cider. The flavor of fresh picked and pressed is just amazing. I used to work in an orchard in my 30s. Loved doing that work. It wasn't work, it was fun.

Rose said...

Honeycrisps are delicious. I worked at a real small apple orchard for 19 years...We had at one time 27 varieties of apples. A son and daughter-in-law have it now and things have changed a lot! One of my favorites and probably the other one is no longer there...I LOVE Jonalicious! And Blushing Golden.

Galla Creek said...

Ohhh, apples, sounds so good.

Linda Reeder said...

Buying them from the farm is a good way to go. Definitely "shopping local".

diane in northern wis said...

Good for you for going to an orchard! The smell of the apples there is always so good! And I love honey crisps! I remember going to orchards many times when I was a kid....there were always some farm animals around to pet and I can remember the smell of the wealthy apples and many other kinds in big baskets all around. Great memories.

Leilani Schuck Weatherington said...

One wonderful event I will always remember occurred when we lived in Oregon. There was an apple tree in the yard of the house a neighbor owned. She said go ahead and pick one, they haven't been sprayed, and so I did and took a bite. The flavor was wonderful (I have no idea what kind of apple it was), and that warm juice filled my mouth and...

Bettina Groh said...

Our local apple growers have had a bad season... miss going out and picking!!

www.self-sufficientsam.blogspot.com said...

Those apples are definitely worth the 20 miles! They look beautiful!

Shirley said...

Honeycrisp apples are ready here too- they are my favoutite.

Victoria Zigler said...

Sounds like a nice place to go, and a great way to get some apples.