[Ag-eq] Apple harvest

[Jewel]

A * goatproof fence?  Unless it is 6 feet high with anoverhang of 18 inches, I didn't know that such 
a miracle existed!

         Jewel

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From: "Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 4:18 AM
To: "'Agricultural and Equestrean Division List'" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest

Hi Nella.
My apples are Golden Delicious, sweet/tart, the way I like them.  I'd
forgotten about drying, and I have a dehydrator.  I'll have to try it.
This morning, I separated the apples into "use today" and "will keep a bit".
After lunch, applesauce!  And maybe more.

Your barn sounds great! And your buck sounds cute.  Do male goats get
aggressive, when they reach maturity?
Tracy


-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster via
Ag-eq
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 5:00 PM
To: Agricultural and Equestrean Division List
Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Apple harvest

Tracy:

What kind of apples?

I'm so jealous, love fresh apples.

Wonder how long until my little trees start bearing fruit?

Do you ever dry them?

I'm still getting tomatoes, peppers, squash and cucumbers.

I bought a little buck goat and put out with my doe goats.  He's kind of
young, so don't know if he is old enough to do his job yet!  He is very
cute, will grow up to be a handsome boy.  He and 2 of my dose have genes for
spots, so hoping I get some spotted babies.

I'm turning my shop building into a milk barn.  The guys are working on it
right now.  There will be a room to store hay, a room for milking and a room
to put the goats when they kid and to keep the really young kids out of the
weather.
It is going to make milking so much easier.  There is a pen on one side
where I will bring the girls, then I can take them into the milk room to
milk and put them out a door on the other side.

I finally have goat proof fencing around the whole pasture, so the goats and
Cruiser can all be together.  Hopefully by next spring I will have more
fences up to divide the pasture so I can rotate the animals around.  They
graze it more even that way.

What is everyone else up to?

Nella




Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> 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
>
>
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