Apple picking is probably one of my favorite autumn past times. After all, it runs in my blood. Being from Johnny Appleseed's hometown, how could I not love this weekend activity? Here are some tips on making the most of picking apples.
How to Maximize Your Apple-Picking Experience
- Grab a few of your friends and head to an apple orchard (bonus if it also is a winery and has wine tastings).
- Go early in the apple picking season. Otherwise, trees will be bare.
- Instead of ripping them off the trees, grasp an apple and twist until it detaches from the branch. This helps preserve the integrity of next year's crop.
- Have a picnic with your apple-solutely wonderful friends.
- Enjoy a perfect day sitting in the shade, enjoying local apples, local wine, and a homemade potluck picnic.
- Eat an apple a day from now until Thanksgiving, provided you bought an entire peck.
Lazy Lady's Indian-Infused Potato Potluck Salad
1 lb potatoes, cleaned, cubed, boiled
1 bunch cilantro, finely chopped
3-4 Tbsp olive oil
juice from 1-2 lemons
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 Tbsp roasted cumin
1 Tbsp turmeric
1 tsp cayenne pepper
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Mix cilantro, EVOO, lemon juice, raisins, and spices together. Pour over cooled boiled potatoes and mix in well. Serve cold.
Question of the Day: What's your favorite apple? Cortlands, MacIntosh, Delicious, Honey Crisp, Pink Lady, Gala, Mutzu, Braeburns?
that was a speedy recap!! had a lovely day with you-and your photos are gorgeous, per usual!
ReplyDeleteGreat tips! I went to Nashoba a couple years ago. Definitely fun to do wine tasting and apple picking together! Cortlands are my favorite!
ReplyDeletelooks like a fun way to spend the day! i love that you girls packed a picnic lunch, too... such a great idea :) My parents live the next town over from bolton... i'll have to check Nashoba out this fall!!! :) [chels]
ReplyDeleteHoney Crisp are my favorites, with MacIntosh a close second. The variety I used to get in Indiana that I loved, Ida Red, I can't find out here in Arizona.
ReplyDeleteHoney Crisp are my favorite apples! I don't think I will have a chance to go apple picking this year but I love your pics!
ReplyDeleteI love Nashoba Valley! I went there last year for apple picking when they had their bluegrass and brews festival. It was a lot of fun. Would love to take a trip there again this year. Gala apples are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI've actually never been apple picking before and def want to try it! My favorite apple is Fuji, and Delicious comes a close second.
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are awesome!! I haven't been apple picking in so long! I really like those Honey Crisp apples but they're so darn expensive. I got them at a farmer's market for $1 less per pound than they are at the store and ate them way too fast. If I don't get the honey crisp I get the Braeburns. Yay for apples!
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