[Ag-eq] Apple harvest

[Tracy Carcione]

The apple harvest is starting to roll in.  Literally, since I'm picking them
up off the ground and often finding them by accidentally kicking them.  My
young retriever is also good at finding apples.  He has a soft mouth, and
can pick them up without a scratch, but I'm trying to teach him not to pick
up miscellaneous things off the ground.

Yesterday, I took a medium-size bucket and filled it to the top.  I'll have
to sort them this weekend, green or ripe. Then I'll start making applesauce.
I've also found a pandowdy recipe that sounds yummy.  Applesauce is the
easiest though, since all I have to do is boil the apples 10-15 minutes,
then run them through the whatchamacallit that squeezes out the good stuff
and leaves the seeds and skins in the pot.  Yumaroo!

They're little apples, 2-3 inches across, so it will take quite a few to
make a pie.  But it could be worth it.

And then there's just plain eating them.  Or wrapping some up to store for
later.

Tracy