Apple Pressing Party
Its October here in Bolinas Ca, and we have had the last 5 days of awesome, hot, sunny and beautiful October summer- and its no different this beautiful morning. that means that the apples are ready, plump and beginning to fall off the trees. and we have a lot of them! Jonas went around yesterday and harvested 20 or so milk crates full of apples, almost 5 varieties. we pulled the press out, washed it, clamped it and re-enforced its old and rickety body, and started grinding away!
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| Cider being stored |
From around 6 crates, we harvested about 6 gallons. not bad. each crate i believe is a less then a bushel. so our apples are not as juicy as they could. a bushel usually yields around 3 gallons. we very well could be around a 1.5 give or take per milk crate.
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| Olivia and Kian grinding away |
we still have the whole west side of the property to harvest apples from, as well as many more up in the east orchard! hopefully we make some awesome hard cider, apple cider vinegar, apple sauce, apple butter, dehydrated apples... we will be doing a lot with all these apples! maybe its time to call the Marin Glean Team and come take some away. time will tell. better get grinding on some apples before it gets too hot!
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| Johnny and Apollo help Jonas drink and press the juice! |
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| the orchard back in Putnam county NY. |
It takes me back east to upstate New York in Putnam county to some
family land we used to have an annual apple pressing party. all the
friends, family, and neighbors would come out, bring home made soup and
bread, and press all day drinking cider, playing music, and eating good
food. here are some past photos of those times past. Enjoy.
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| press and grind! |
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| filling the grinder |
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| Grand Apple Master Tony and grand daughter |
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| making hot spiced cider to drink while working |
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| the crowds thicken |
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