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07 September 2017, 15:32
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It is apple picking time around here again
we did 100L of juice on Sunday and going out today to pick 3 old homesteads worth of apples- we are taking extra pickers with us today
good times
Hank
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07 September 2017, 16:27
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How-do Hank. Yup - my first pick is already in and ready for crushing this weekend. It's been a reasonable year for apples and I have a fairly good crop left on the cider varieties. I managed to make a good (for me) cider last year - despite my reservations about the fruit quality. The final volume was enough to keep me in cider all year. I think the time has come to start tweaking the process, see if I can make something worth sharing...
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10 September 2017, 02:37
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Second time so far this year loading the wash table with apples
we are getting a lot of calls asking for juice and to do some custom pressing
It is coho salmon and apple time around here
lots to do
600 L so far
my partner just ran out of his last year's juice with 9 grandkids help
so `we are right on time as usual
cheers
Hank
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12 September 2017, 16:09
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that table full of apples pressed into 300 L of juice
later yesterday we did another 150 L
I'm splitting my time pressing apples and twisting wrenches on boats
I know how to have a good time
cheers
Hank
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12 September 2017, 17:00
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hank
I'm splitting my time pressing apples and twisting wrenches on boats
I know how to have a good time
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Amazing - my day today to a T.
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29 September 2017, 03:54
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I just scored a huge sheet of stainless steel to improve our apple wash table.
So far this week we did another 300 L a mix of apple and pears
cheers
Hank
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01 October 2017, 22:58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hank
I just scored a huge sheet of stainless steel to improve our apple wash table.
So far this week we did another 300 L a mix of apple and pears
cheers
Hank
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Nice find! Is the combi a runner?
I came home recently to discover one of my houseplants had flowered - apparently the mature fruit is good eating?
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03 October 2017, 01:49
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another 200L this weekend - still a few more sites to pick
yes the '59 VW single cab is a runner and just one of the most useful machine we have.
I have most of the different models of the split window VW transporters-
what is the flower?
Hank
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24 October 2017, 19:24
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Yesterday we pick apples in the rain and filled the back of my pal's new Ford pick up box with all kinds of apples. Some of the apples were so big they had to be cut in half to fit in our machine.
I hope this was our last pressing of the year
We did 2500 L or 500 gallons this year
I'm enjoying some sparkling cider as we speak
cheers
Hank
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24 October 2017, 19:39
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Quote:
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I'm enjoying some sparkling cider as we speak
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Me too as it happens - one of us musta started early  
I can't quite get my head around 2500L - you must run a local juice bar for the less fortunate!
I've just washed up my kit tonight after the second and last press. I ended up with 270L of juice, with a decent percentage of cider apple juice. Sugar levels are high and I've made a controlled environment enclosure for my fermenters - things are cooling down rapidly in the shed!
The flower is on a Swiss Cheeseplant. It is now developing into a banana sized fruit body - no idea how that will go.
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25 October 2017, 16:18
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Me too as it happens - one of us musta started early
I can't quite get my head around 2500L - you must run a local juice bar for the less fortunate!
I've just washed up my kit tonight after the second and last press. I ended up with 270L of juice, with a decent percentage of cider apple juice. Sugar levels are high and I've made a controlled environment enclosure for my fermenters - things are cooling down rapidly in the shed!
The flower is on a Swiss Cheeseplant. It is now developing into a banana sized fruit body - no idea how that will go. |
That flower looks very "lily-ish" are you sure it's edible (the fruit)?
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25 October 2017, 17:45
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Quote:
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That flower looks very "lily-ish" are you sure it's edible (the fruit)?
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Monstera deliciosa, the clue is in the name
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25 October 2017, 17:53
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How'd ya like THEM apples?
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A bit like the "Trompette de mort" fungus then[emoji6]
Turns out yours is a Bi-sexual lily..........
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstera_deliciosa
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25 October 2017, 20:34
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Quote:
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Turns out yours is a Bi-sexual Lily
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Savage!
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25 October 2017, 20:38
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Seems to be obligatory these days[emoji57]
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18 August 2018, 21:31
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Our first pressing tomorrow-
Since last season we cleaned and painted the frame work and pressure washed the wooden parts. Gathered more food quality plastic buckets with lids.
Our valley looks to have a bumper crop of apples - the blueberries are doing great
but forest fires with in a couple 100 kms-
sky is Smokey until the west winds blow and clears it out
cheers
Hank
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06 October 2018, 19:58
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Quote:
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Our first pressing tomorrow-
.....Our valley looks to have a bumper crop of apples - the blueberries are doing great
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Many of my trees are finally mature and I'm able to be more selective about the fruit I'm using for cider juicing. This season was warm and the crop is large - I've recovered 1/2 ton of mostly cider specific apples and left well over 100kg of rejects on the ground. The hope is that this selection will lift the final product a notch. Fingers crossed! Pressing in a couple of weeks...
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06 October 2018, 20:58
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Looks a Very Nice crop!!...potentially Vintage 
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06 October 2018, 21:10
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potentially Vintage
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Cheers. 90% Dabinett* along with some Hereford Redstreak and Dunkerton Sweet that slipped in. The balance are cookers...
* Dabinett - "vintage" quality variety.
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07 October 2018, 11:30
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A different kind of harvest, Orange Birch Bolletes. Now drying on the log burner
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