Rolling Acres - This and That

[Wehner Homestead]

I’ve used every kind except the butter flavored. The kids love to pound them flat!

 

[RollingAcres]

Some of you already knew this. We have a new little furry bundle of joy! Her name is Skyler, she's 8 weeks old. My son has been asking for a puppy and he's never had a pup before. June and Sammie were grown dogs when DS was born. So we decided it's time to get a dog and a house without a dog just feel empty.

It was a sunny day yesterday but very windy and cold. Here are some Fall pics for your enjoyment.


I've been making desserts with apples in them. I made an apple bread a couple of weeks ago but didn't take any pics. Yesterday i made some apple hand pies.

 

[Mike CHS]

Cute puppy, happy son and fat cows even with some color in the background. We don't get much at our place as it just goes from green to brown.

 

[Baymule]

Awww..... a boy and a puppy, does it get any better than that?

You must have apple trees. Your apple desserts look sooooo good. A friend used to make apple butter with cinnamon red hots candy in it. It was yummy!

 

[RollingAcres]

Awww..... a boy and a puppy, does it get any better than that?

You must have apple trees. Your apple desserts look sooooo good. A friend used to make apple butter with cinnamon red hots candy in it. It was yummy!

Thank you. We used to have 4 apples trees but one by one they were cut down because they were dying from worm infestation. We don't spray any chemicals so that I can eat the fresh apples. I'm allergic to the store bought ones. Next year we'll get some more trees to plant. I may have to try making some apple butter.

 

[Rammy]

Mmmmm, apple butter.............. I have two apple trees. One is a red delicious, the other is a green apple, cant remember which kind. Ive only gotten a few apples off the red one a few times. Once was enough to make apple sauce. The bugs, especially the wasps, devastate the tree. And these big bugs that look like stink bugs but they have green on them. I dont use pesticides as I want to stay organic. One year I tried using a natural product but it didn't faze them at all. I also think maybe the deer are eating some, but I expected that. Not sure what to do to keep the critters off the trees. Would be nice to make some apple pie filling, butter, and sauce to put up.

 

[Mike CHS]

We didn't get to eat a single peach out of 100's on the tree because of worms on the inside and stink bug bites on the outside. We was talking to the owner at an orchard that we wound up buying from and he basically said you can be organic or you can be realistic with fruit trees around her. I would rather not spray but if I don't spray I might as well plant shade trees.

 

[RollingAcres]

At first I thought my allergic reaction to apples(and cherries) was from having seasonal allergies. I read it online before that those with seasonal allergies can be allergic to fruits due to the proteins in the fruits that are very similar to pollen. When we moved to our place, I tried our own apples and was fine. So then I thought maybe I was "cured" so I tried a store bought apple and immediately my throat started itching.
I don't think I'll spray the new trees and I am aware that I may have to replace them a few years down the road.

 

[Rammy]

I cut down my peach tree because in the ten years I had it, I only got peaches off it three times. Either frost would kill the blooms or bugs would get the peaches. When the peaches would be getting big enough to pick, the wind would blow them off the limbs. I couldnt win, so I cut the sucker down. Now its in my fire pit.

 

[greybeard]

We was talking to the owner at an orchard that we wound up buying from and he basically said you can be organic or you can be realistic with fruit trees around here.

A wise man.