The Apple Hutch outside Plains, Kansas. They don't have apples this year because of a late freeze but their Glohaven peaches look good. They are the juiciest peaches I've ever had.
It's just about apple time here in NW Oklahoma & SW Kansas. Our children LOVE picking apples from the trees. Our favorite thing to make with the fresh apples is Apple Crumple or Granny's Apple Grunt in my cast iron dutch oven. We planted several apple trees when we moved here but they didn't survive my black thumb. The original homesteaders to this place had a pear orchard. The last of their pear trees died just a few years ago. We usually visit a farm in Beaver County, OK or |
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Here is a fun book we have really been enjoying. The Secrets of the Apple Tree is "A Shine-A-Light Book". It's a book you can enjoy in the dark with a flashlight. You shine the light on the opposite side of the page you're looking at and a secret world shows through. The children learn all the fun things that grow in an apple tree. It's suggested for ages 4-8 but our older children love it as well. We meet bugs, birds, & bunnies sheltering in the tree. This is a great elementary science supplement.
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