We spent the morning picking apples at Wheeler's Orchard. It was our first time and I feel as if we have discovered hidden treasure. It was only an hour away from home. The weather was beautiful. The fruit was delicious. We were the only pickers in the orchard. The farmers were endlessly patient with us. There were animals to visit and fields to run in. It was a perfect morning! We have absolutely found "our" apple orchard. Our seasonal living rhythms are beginning to take shape. My next step in learning to live in harmony with the seasons is to begin to learn processes for storing the food we gather for later. I am a complete beginner but I am hoping to learn all about canning and preserving this year. I also hope we will be able to work out a storage solution that will allow to start stock-piling more food! Until then, we have only been picking enough to enjoy for a little while. A peck of apples picked by hardworking little boys will provide a couple of pies, tarts, maybe some homemade applesauce or butter and at least a hand full of fresh apples for munching on over the next couple of weeks, of course. Our favorite part is the still the experience though. There is nothing like spending a crisp, cool autumn morning at the apple orchard with our friends. Until next year, Wheeler's!
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WHO AM I?
I am Michelle: a wannabe hippie in love with a bonafide geek. We also spawned. I spend my days with our four wild, beautiful boy children and I overshare about our life online because I am a Millennial and that is what we do.
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