How'd ya like THEM apples?

[hank]

there were 28 different classes
21 of the classes were each with 4 photos on the subject listed 4x6 inch in size mounted on white board 84 total photos

6 classes were of 5x7 photos 1 each B&W and colour

1 enlargement 8x10 minimum

I got 23 first
classes were people,scenery, sports, last years Fall Fair,wild life, flowers,
travel , macro,
here are a few that did OK
first one is the 110 ft.yacht I ran for 5 years
second native rattle a friend carved
3 rd drone shot joining 2 photos together

good competition

[hank]

another 60 L yesterday but the people did not follow my No leaves rule.
it took much longer for that pressing

[willk]

Originally Posted by hank

...but the people did not follow my No leaves rule.

Same School of Picking as Mrs willk so. She has a picking song, the final line of which is: "And the branch on the tree and the apple on the branch and the stem on the apple and the leaf on the stem and the slug on the leaf....

...that got crushed into the cider-o!"

[hank]

nice little diddy

today we picked Gravelstein (sp) apples
the best juicing apples in this area
we got 30 20L buckets off the same tree
real old tree
Ill press tomorrow

[hank]

the Gravelstein apple pressing yielded almost 100 L
juicy apples

[Pikey Dave]

Today’s job, hand slicing & vac packing a side of home made bacon. 7 days in a juniper & Bay cure followed by 2 weeks drying. Guaranteed no snot in the pan when cooking.

[hank]

Ahoy,
Bad news first my best pal and brother from a different mother who help pick and press apples passed a couple of weeks shy of his 80th birthday. RIP Pete

The Immaculate Contraption got a tune up with new pillow block bearings it spins a lot quieter . The last set lasted 45 years
Today we pressed the first batch of Gravenstein apples, only one pressing and 50L plus a bucket of hand picked apples for pies
best wishes
hank

[willk]

Sorry for your loss - sounds like Pete will be missed.

Looking like a good crop here, cider apples and dessert apples too, some healthy pears too - time will tell. Plentiful chanterelles as well

[willk]

Last press of the season today. I had a pair of assistant acolytes this year, keen to learn The Way. Pooling our crops left us with 360L of juice, soon to be bubbling away. The sun came out in the afternoon, the wind dropped away and a friend who was passing in his microlite spotted us at work and did some fancy flying over the property for our entertainment. No doubt he will expect a few bottles later.

Anyway - a toast to us

Sláinte Mhaith

[Fenlander]

Sounds like a decent pressing. You'll soon get contracted for a craft division of the Clonmel boys.

[hank]

I had a call from a couple of friends asking if we needed any pickers. Why Yes, they were quite eager and a major help this season.

My daughter brought us 10 good quality 25 L plastic buckets with lids she got from the fruit processing plant where she drives a fork lift on the graveyard shift.

So for the total so far we did 75 buckets or 1875 of juice.
We did mostly apple but made 10 buckets of pear and apple mix.
We made 2 buckets of a pear apple cross.

We made some interesting trades juice for salmon and veggies .

I thought we were done for the year but we got a call asking if I'd press winter apples. sure no problem

We gave my late partner's family their share.

It was a very good year for apples and the best I've seen for pears.

I've got 2 buckets getting sparkling on the back porch.

There a 3 other active apple presses in operation in the area.
One I've heard about but not seen is made from stainless steel and hydraulic operated , they put the whole apples in no grinding. I'll have to be nosey and track it down.

We have 2 freezers full for our share

best wishes
hank