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Apples

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lammo Sep 2017 6:57pm, 22 Sep 2017 7,957 posts	Quote Pin lammo Seems to have been a bumper harvest this year, what can i do with them all? Far too many to eat.
Night-owl Sep 2017 7:08pm, 22 Sep 2017 29,503 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl Donation Put in basket with sign free I saw one like this the other week
Dvorak Sep 2017 7:27pm, 22 Sep 2017 14,260 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Bumper harvest as well and better condition than usual (tree is left untreated). Come to think of it, few wasps this year. Unusual, as a good crop last year and I don't think the tree has ever delivered two consecutive good crops in over twenty years. The obvious answer is to ferment them :-). I'm thinking of going into frozen apfelmus.
Fragile Do Not Bend Sep 2017 7:30pm, 22 Sep 2017 2,272 posts	Quote Pin Fragile Do Not Bend Our second year in this house with its apple trees, the first year the birds got most of them before I had a chance, this year I'm going to try storing them by wrapping them in paper and putting them in boxes somewhere cool.
McGoohan Sep 2017 7:37pm, 22 Sep 2017 31,196 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Stew em & freeze for year long apple crumbles?
LazyDaisy Sep 2017 7:52pm, 22 Sep 2017 19,748 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy The dog is pulling them off our tree and eating them (The branches are weighed down with them - not only are there lots but they're really big this year.)
lammo Sep 2017 8:02pm, 22 Sep 2017 7,958 posts	Quote Pin lammo Yes definitely lots of big apples this year, used to be s an orchard across our back gardens so everybody round here has apples. McG is probably right i just need to process them Bleugh
Night-owl Sep 2017 8:28pm, 22 Sep 2017 29,505 posts	Quote Pin Night-owl Or a new career Lammo's Apple Pie / Crumble Or other pastry type products
oi you Sep 2017 8:42pm, 22 Sep 2017 378 posts	Quote Pin oi you Try making cider. You don't really need too much special kit just to have ago. Wilko's have got all the bits you'll need.
alpenrose Sep 2017 10:22pm, 22 Sep 2017 28,792 posts	Quote Pin alpenrose My Mum used to make apple wine.