Apple picking at Orchalaw Farms

After a few attempts, a friend and I finally went apple picking at Orchalaw Farms this week. It was a quick trip, but fun nonetheless. My friend has a little guy around 17 months and he gets along so well with Mila. The two of them were giggling and screaming laughing away in the back seat while I drove.

It was pretty cold, but we were able to pick some really nice and crispy macs and macoun apples and I grabbed a bag of galas because they're just too yummy to pass up.

Well the apples stayed by the door for the better part of the day and the next day until I finally got around to peeling the macs to make apple sauce.

There really is nothing like home made apple sauce. It is delish. I'll have to see what else I can manage to make with the rest of the apples!

Have you made it out picking yet this year?

apple picking

This past weekend, we took a drive down to my home town to spend Thanksgiving with my parents. My mom had a great idea to go apple picking, so off we went!

We even got to take some pumpkin shots while we were there!

The one and only downside to the apple picking is that we didn't end up getting the apples we picked! You have to get them weighed and then go inside to pay for them. When we came out, our apples were gone and we were left with someone else's apples. We were all pretty disappointed because we took such care in selecting the best apples we could find. But what can you do?!