Apple Pressing Day

So Russ, Jay, William, Piper, Sammy and Belle came over today.  First we had lunch with grilled hamburgers and sausages with tortilla chips and homemade pico de gallo from our garden.

leftover Pico de Gallo

Then it was apple pressing for the men and hanging out for the rest of us.

Bell and Steve behind clothesline

Belle and Steve behind clothesline

William on quad

William on quad

Tom grinding apples

Tom grinding apples

Russ pressing apples

Russ pressing apples

hummingbird at feeder

hummingbird at feeder

Piper dropping pretzel at gate

Piper dropping pretzel at gate

Piper with apples

Piper with apples

Piper, Jay and Brown Sugar

Piper, Jay and Brown Sugar

Marty and William

Marty and William

Piper chewing big apple

Piper chewing big apple

dark juice

dark juice

William showing how he can lift the back of the quad

William showing how he can lift the back of the quad

Tom showing William what a fouled spark plug looks like

Tom showing William what a fouled spark plug looks like

Tom showing William the difference between clean and fouled plugs

Tom showing William the difference between clean and fouled plugs

Bell

Belle

Tom showing William a baby snake

Tom showing William a baby snake

Sammy, Steve and Bell

Sammy, Steve and Belle

William and Sammy

William and Sammy

Piper moving apples

Piper moving apples

William Sammy and Bell heading out back

William Sammy and Belle heading out back

Tom pressing

Tom pressing

Piper helping Russ move apples

Piper helping Russ move apples

Jay, Piper and William with quad

Jay, Piper and William with quad

Sammy Steve and Bell

Sammy, Steve and Belle

Tom grinding apples_2

Tom grinding apples

happy Steve

happy Steve

Tom's pressed cider

Tom’s pressed cider

Russ' press cider

Russ’ pressed cider

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2 Responses to Apple Pressing Day

  1. Cottontailfarm says:

    I’m so jealous. We have a beautiful press that my grandfather built and used to do a big cider day every fall. The most was 81 gallons of pear and apple over 2 days. But we haven’t done it now for about 5 years.
    Oh and apple jack is very, very easy to make and cold distill. It’s absolutely delicious. Or so I’ve heard *cough, cough*. Looks like you had a great day.

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