About 6 years ago, we planted a couple of apple trees. One died out, and this one, called Prairie Spy, survived. This year we have lots of apples on the tree! Finally! Last year we got about 6 apples and the year before that maybe 3 or 4 apples and the rest were eaten by tent caterpillars. Thankfully there were no tent caterpillars this year. The tree is just loaded with nice apples this year and no signs of worms. I picked some of the lowest hanging ones because the deer were eating them! So I had to pick the ones hanging down where they could reach them. Also, the wind was knocking some of the apples down to the ground. I sliced into one this morning, and the seeds were brown, not white, so that means the apples are ready to eat! How exciting to finally have a tree full of apples right in our own yard! I usually have to scrounge around and beg for apples from anyone who has a tree.
Harold says it looks like "pie time". I told him I wouldn't bake anything until we both lost weight. Well, since we went on a diet in March, we have both lost weight. I lost 15 pounds and Harold lost about 17. I would still like to lose another 25, but I think maybe that will be after we have a pie? We DO have to celebrate, ya know!
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| Check out our tree full of apples. We don't mow the grass much around the beehives because we want the bees to have some wildflowers! |
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| Look how thick the apples really are on the tree! |
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| Harold says this basket of apples sure looks like "pie"! |
3 comments:
I am so jealous you have an apple tree. That would be awesome...lol. what do those apples taste like. I have never heard of them. Can you eat them straight or are they baking apples? I'm curious..oh and I do agree with harold. They do scream PIE
These apples are somewhat tart, but not overly so. You can eat them as apples. They are sort of like a Honey Crisp apple or a Cortland apple. They are good for pies, applesauce, drying, or just plain eating as is.
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