Apple season is in full swing, now, and many of our neighbors have more than they can use or store. They’re more than happy for us to take what they can’t handle. So we’ve been cutting and slicing, freezing, drying, canning, and making pies. I’m sure we’ll get sick of apples in a week or [...]
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Plethora of Peaches
I love summer fruit, especially peaches. But if you’ve eaten a locally-grown peach, you know it’s nearly impossible to find a good peach in the grocery store. Utah peaches are now in season, and we’ve been eating them up– fresh and in pies, by themselves and with apples and rhubarb. Here’s the dilemma: we can only [...]
The Fallen Fruit Bonanza
We’ve been picking up tree limbs and fallen fruit from all our neighbors to feed our goats. Fallen fruit can be a bonanza for us as well. Even though an apple is bruised, or has a blemish on one side, it’ll still make great applesauce or pie. Already, we’ve frozen three quart bags of applesauce for winter [...]
