Second Annual...

Pressing Party...

 TJ arrives early to put together...

 His famous chili...

We purchased 360# of apples this year...

 Bring out our Correll Cider Press...

 And begin pressing...

 Juice flows...

Containers fill...

Family joins...

Together... 

 Transforming apples into 24+ gallons...

Outstanding!!!!

 



Oiling...

The Wine Barrel Swing...

Trying Tung Oil...

An Ancient Chinese Secret!

Time For Pressing...

We're testing our new cider press...Todd, Chris, TJ & Huck...
Put the apples in the bin for grinding...
Move the ground up apples to the presser...
Begin winding...
And here it comes...
Fresh apple cider!
12.5 gallons from 175 pounds of apples!!
Delicious!

Garden Tomatoes...

Harvested...Roasted....
Becomes Sauce...
Yum!!

Bottle Cutting...

The boys, Travis & TJ...Read...that with string, lighter fluid & fire...
The top of a beer or wine bottle could be cut off...
Sort of worked...needs some tweeking! :)

My Favorite...

Simple ingredients...Measured... Blended...

Voila!!

Greek Salad Dressing!

Transformation...

Found this funky stool...

Browsing in antique stores with TJ a few weeks ago...Todd took it home...tended...

And transformed it...
Magnificient!!!

We met...

Tara & Spike...

At a Christmas tree farm...Hunted until...

We found the perfect (?) tree.Loaded him onto the Explorer...
And discovered...

He IS just right!!!!!

Clearing...

We hired a crew...To clear the biggest patch...
Blackberries overtaking our land... Three days and ALOT of work...

Trees! Space!

We can manage the rest!!!!

A Project!!!

Todd's painting this week...The front room...
And the dining room...

A lovely gray!