Apples

When we bought our home a few years ago I was so excited about having an apple tree. I had planted many fruit trees at our previous home, yet they didn't have the chance to mature enough to give me much fruit. I didn't have to wait for this tree to grow up! It's quite old and giving us bushel after bushel of yummy fruit. Last year the blossoms were hit by a spring snow storm.....no apples. This year we had a bumper crop!!

Most of the time we have to wait for the tree to drop the apples and then gather them from the ground.....but, sometimes we have the kids climb the tree and shake it to harvest the fruit.

Liam loves playing with his dump truck....it has many agricultural duties. This truck has helped plant the garden, gather veggies and fruit, and make one little boy very happy.

Helping Mommy spin the food mill to turn cooked apples into applesauce.

My father in law thinks that it's a Rambo tree.....all I know is that these apples make the best pies and applesauce around!