Within the Lines

Crabapples, Part 1

Crabapple season begins with a trip to the home where I grew up...

Tho when I grew up we had a strawberry farm, they've now converted to a tree farm.  These are a portion of the crabapple trees they had waiting to be picked.

There were tons of apples, on the trees and on the ground.  Fortunately I had several helpers.  There was Bug...

and Son...

and Bee

Thanks to their help and a few hours work, we came home with 4 grocery bags full (about 7 gallons in each bag).  --(the regular apples came from a friend)--

I worked on canning these --into sauce and juice-- for the week following picking, only to start again when some friends came bringing about twice this amount, a "gift"  from my parents!!  I was definitely fed up with crabapples by the time I was done, but thankful for the full storage.  Next time, I will post picts of the canning process.