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.
Belle and Steve behind clothesline
William on quad
Tom grinding apples
Russ pressing apples
hummingbird at feeder
Piper dropping pretzel at gate
Piper with apples
Piper, Jay and Brown Sugar
Marty and William
Piper chewing big apple
dark juice
William showing how he can lift the back of the quad
Tom showing William what a fouled spark plug looks like
Tom showing William the difference between clean and fouled plugs
Belle
Tom showing William a baby snake
Sammy, Steve and Belle
William and Sammy
Piper moving apples
William Sammy and Belle heading out back
Tom pressing
Piper helping Russ move apples
Jay, Piper and William with quad
Sammy, Steve and Belle
Tom grinding apples
happy Steve
Tom’s pressed cider
Russ’ pressed cider
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.
Well, it sounds like you need to put that old press to use! And I need to look into apple jack.