Fall Apples
Cold mornings (even enough to turn on the furnace) and cool days means it’s officially fall and I couldn’t be happier about it. This is my favorite time of year. The trees are turning, the animals are getting fluffy, the sweaters come out of the closet, and apples are in season.
There are a few orchards close to us so we’ve got plenty of options for getting apples in mass quantities. A couple years ago my mother-in-law got me an apple peeler, corer, and slicer combination from Pampered Chef. Ever since I’ve had it I’ve told myself, ‘This fall I’m going to really use that peeler!’ and since then I’ve used it about once for about 3 apples. But this year I’ve got a plan.
I wanted to try to find a way to preserve the apples so we could have them through the winter and maybe into the summer. It’s hard to eat in season but I’m trying little by little to make some choices and traditions that help us get things like fall apples or cucumbers, berries, onions preserved for as long as we can. I don’t have any delusions that I can preserve all we need for the year, especially with two boys coming; but, I’ve been able to take on new little tasks to get us a little closer to a seasonable and sustainable lifestyle we can on our little farm.
Today we set up the dehydrator and also made a small batch of Apple Betty (in honor of my mother-in-law who gave me that peeler). Enjoy the photos we took this morning.
Cold mornings (even enough to turn on the furnace) and cool days means it’s officially fall and I couldn’t be happier about it. This is my favorite time of year. The trees are turning, the animals are getting fluffy, the sweaters come out of the closet, and apples are in season. 
There are a few orchards close to us so we’ve got plenty of options for getting apples in mass quantities. A couple years ago my mother-in-law got me an apple peeler, corer, and slicer combination from Pampered Chef. Ever since I’ve had it I’ve told myself, ‘This fall I’m going to really use that peeler!’ and since then I’ve used it about once for about 3 apples. But this year I’ve got a plan.
I wanted to try to find a way to preserve the apples so we could have them through the winter and maybe into the summer. It’s hard to eat in season but I’m trying little by little to make some choices and traditions that help us get things like fall apples or cucumbers, berries, onions preserved for as long as we can. I don’t have any delusions that I can preserve all we need for the year, especially with two boys coming; but, I’ve been able to take on new little tasks to get us a little closer to a seasonable and sustainable lifestyle we can on our little farm. 
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