Have you spent a day making apple cider?
Have you watched the apples tumble through a washer?
Have you seen them fall to the waiting boxes below as they reach the other side?
Have your children giggled as apples flew up an elevator?
Have you heard the terrific noise of a grinder as the apples are ground to a pulp?
Have you witnessed the mashed apples shooting out onto the press?
Have you watched as knowledge was passed from person to person?
Have you seen the belts and wheels of a hundred year old cider press jump into action?
Have you listened to the noise of the engine change as it starts to apply pressure to the apples?
Have you smelled the tang of apples as the juice starts running out?
Have you watched your husband explain it all to your children?
Have you listened to the gurgle of the amber liquid as it fills a jug?
Have you tasted fall?
That looks like a fun place.
It is, and even better it’s inside our new neighbors barn!
What do they do to the pulp?
After it gets pressed it’s pretty dry, I’m not sure what the plan was. The man who owned it before spread it on the neighbors fields for fertilizer or fed it to neighboring cows. My chickens would love it if they didn’t already have more windfalls than they can eat!
Cool! Makes me want to go see it!
It was pretty awesome. All that machinery had me thinking of Grandpa Ed, lots of little motors and systems to check out!
I have done none of those things except tasted fall. Thanks for sharing.
It was impressive I recommend it if you get the opportunity!
I have! I have! There’s a little town East of here called Julian, and it’s known for it’s apple pies, and all things “apple goodness” 🙂 It’s a great smell, and a wonderful time of the year! Enjoy some for me!
Will do!
Jessie~
Thank you for the great blog and pictures. It reminded me why we love the orchard. 🙂 Lisa
I’m glad you liked it!
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