Everyone knows that if you want to be somewhere in the Fall, it is New England. It is simply the most beautiful time of the year in this neck of the woods. Today felt nothing like a fall day however; it was humid and sticky, but that didn't stop us from the Fall tradition of Apple Picking.
We traveled to Harvard, MA (about 50 minutes away, straight up route 2) with our friends Nikki, RyRy and baby Eloise to a less commercial orchard; Phil's Orchard. It is a cute family run orchard and they have the best cider in the state, so they claim....and I TOTALLY agree. They had a wonderful variety of apples and plenty of them, not to mention it was not crowded in the slightest.
Because they were so small they only sold apples and cider, so we had to travel another 2 miles to another Orchard that sold Apple Cider donuts. Simply put, I live for the Fall so I can eat candy corn and apple cider donuts, so delicious!
Berkeley was excited all week to go apple picking. He looked for the "baby apples" and took 5-6 bites, then grabbed another. He had a lot of apples (lot of apple=not such a great find in the diaper), and loved running around the orchard.
We got a lot of apples, okay not this many, but 1/2 bushel. I made apple strudel today and I got two whole strudels out of 2 apples; I have about 100 apples left. I have a LOT of baking to do!
This tractor was the ultimate Berkeley find during our visit to the orchard. He really wanted to get inside but settled for his picture next to the wheel instead.
I love living in a place where there are so many things to do in all the seasons. Apple picking is such a great fall tradition, and I have finally found an orchard I would love to go to every year.
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