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.
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.