Last month we went with a mom's club apple picking at an apple orchard. There wasn't actually much to pick, but it was fun anyway (plus you had to pay extra to pick the apples). They gave a tour of the historic orchard and farm and taught the kids about the life they had in colonial times. Here is this picture she is showing the kids how to make apple cider. She actually let the kids turn the wheel to crush the apples. Andrew is in the orange shirt and Jacob in the red and blue striped shirt.
In this next picture the same lady showed the kids how to make apple crisp (or apple pie) from scratch. We got to taste some of their apple crisp. It was good (Andrew didn't want to try it).
This is picture is one of only about 20 apple trees left in this particular orchards. They have several other orchards around the area (that I'm sure had much better apple picking). What was disappointing about the apple picking (yes I paid the extra) was there were no ladders. We could only reach the apples on the bottom of the trees and the kids couldn't reach them at all (as you can see by this picture of Jacob trying to reach one).
The next few pictures are the kids strawberry picking. At the same apple orchard were some strawberry fields. Since the apple picking was so disappointing, I decided to let them do some strawberry picking. This was much more rewarding. They loved it. We would probably go back to the apple orchard and go strawberry picking. Isn't it funny how things work out?
