I stopped at the end of the drive & took a quick shot with my phone of all these fallen apples.
I feel guilty every time I see them as I don't like to see them wasted. We did offer them to enyone who wanted & some came & picked but even after I used some & froze lots there are still so many left!
It's a very prolific tree!
Three good things:
1. I put Vicks on the soles of my feet at bedtime last night, sound odd but it's supposed to cure a cough. Well I still have the cough & sore throat this morning but boy where my feet warm!
2. I bought two rather cute tee shirts for £5 at Tesco. White with a pictures of a pair of walking boots & the caption is Boys Rule, one age 2 & one age 5.
3. A casserole in the oven before I went out!
That is one incredibly prolific apple tree! Wishing that I were your neighbor. ☺
So sorry about your cough and sore throat, Pat. But I like that foot warming technique. ☺ Hope you're feeling better in short order!
And those tee shirts sound absolutely adorable!
Yes I try to use up all the apples too, but lots of ours got wasted this year. Peter has had a nasty cough for over a month - perhaps I'll suggest the Vick treatment!
The birds may come and feast on them when the weather turns cold . If I was nearer I would have loved some !!! I hope your cough does not settle with you ,we have been coughing since before Christmas and I have been smearing Vick o my chest and the last few nights on the sole of my feet -- but I am afraid still coughing !
@peggysirk@busylady@beryl Well Peggy, Beryl & Judith the Vicks solution is a bit of a disappointment but I will try it again tonight. I do love the comforting smell of Vicks & my feet were warm! There are a lot of theses tickly coughs about, we could do with a bit of frost to kill the bugs!
The tree is certainly bare! Are there any donkeys around who would love these apples - or horses? You could put them all in a bin and stamp on them like grapes to make cider? Yuk - you would get all the pips between your toes!
Such a lot of apples. Hope you are feeling better soon. We came home from New Zealand with sore throats and coughs. Better now though. didn't know about the Vick treatment. ha ha.
@onewing Still coughing tonight but no place to go so it's OK. Will try the Vicks again tonight. Hope you are better now, it's hard work being on holiday!
@ladymagpie He he Heather, I'm sure he didn't! Cider sounds a great idea, never though if that! Would be quite easy to make I expect, not the proper stuff you buy in the supermarket but a rough homemade version.
So many apples I know the feeling. You run out of apple recipes after a while. My friends sister, who lives in South Africa, has a similar problem with her bananas!
January 10th, 2016
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So sorry about your cough and sore throat, Pat. But I like that foot warming technique. ☺ Hope you're feeling better in short order!
And those tee shirts sound absolutely adorable!