Almost 9 years ago, we moved into this home. It has an apple tree in the garden area, but the first year we saw they were all buggy and wormy, so I never bothered with them since. Just let them all fall and rot. I didn't figure there was anything worth getting.
This year I was up there picking my raspberries and got to looking at the apple tree. I discovered to my delight that there were actually quite a few good apples on the tree. I started picking. I found that even the wormy, buggy apples weren't all that bad. You just cut out the bad spots and there was still a lot of really good apple left.
So I have been making apple crisp (gluten free of course) and Saturday a friend and I worked together to prepare ten trays of apples for the dehydrator. We'll split them between us when they are done. I still have a lot of good apples left!
My physical therapist gave me a bunch of apples that were too ripe from his dad's orchard and I see in my dehydrator book that I can make fruit leather from these. I am anxious to give that a try as soon as the apples are done.
I am just delighted that the tree is giving us good fruit. It is crisp and sweet. Praise to God for His provision!
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