Apple Season

As you may have guessed, this post should have been up a couple of weeks ago when the distinct chill that comes with winter and snow wasn't creeping into the air, but I was busy and didn't have time to get the pictures then. And what's a blog without pictures, anyway?

So here's the story of picking apples in Vermont, in pictures.

After going from organic farming to desk work so suddenly, it was fantastic to be out in a field harvesting again. My housemates and I picked three bushels of drops, which are the apples that have become ripe and fallen off the tree by themselves. Normally, these would be discarded as waste, but they're beautiful! Look at them!

The best part? We only paid fifteen dollars for the whole lot. Fresh! Local! Organic! Only fifteen dollars!

We spent the next couple of weeks chopping, peeling, freezing, saucing, jellying and canning them all.

The best part again? We get to enjoy them all winter.