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| Another zealous apple picker |
Good thing it's dark at 5:30 in the morning or they might come for me with a net.
Because I was out in the driveway with a flashlight at that hour this morning, using my doggie-kennel-super-duper-scooper to roll apples down the hill.
It took quite a while.
And why, you may ask, was I rolling apples down the hill?
Well, that old Winesap of Grandma Peggy's, which sometimes I think of as being more of a Whinesap...or maybe I'm the sap and also whiny....had a bumper crop of apples this summer.
Quite literally. It stands next to the walkway to the dogs' runs, the wood stove, the pony and horse yards, and several gardens.
And it is a menace. Guess it got Liz once and I've had a couple of near misses. The apples fall so hard they split every time. Whack! Whap! Crack! That'll wake you up...
Then yesterday afternoon when I was walking Mack up for his afternoon constitutional, he screamed and began racing around on three legs, frantically looking at his nether regions. It took a lot of petting and cuddling to calm him down.
Alas, horses are not the only ones that like apples. The Yellow Jackets and assorted other stinging nuisances love them too.
Poor Mack. Being a Jack Russell Terrier, he was soon running around as if nothing had happened, but he sat down in a very dainty manner the rest of the day.
You can't rake wasp infested apples in daylight so.....
Call me eccentric, but don't call the authorities. This all makes sense when you're me. Thanks.
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6 comments:
Your life is so wonderfully unpredictable!
I thought you might mean eggcentric with the picture of the chicken! Love, Mom
Do you make apple butter with the apples?
Jan, usually, but some times it is just unpredictable. lol
Mom, but, but, but, that's a rooster! lol, love you too!!!
Ellie, I have made jelly with them in the past, and we have used them for cider, but they are pretty wormy this year.
We are not lucky enough to have apple trees in our area, have to drive North a few hours. So what can you do about worms??? How aggravating! Is there anything natural you can spray? I grew up in South Florida, and my neighbor was a retired plumber, very clever guy. He used to save all the washing machine water after a cycle (soapy) and would spray it all over his fruit trees, said it kept all the bugs away. Interesting...
Carol, here in the Northeast it takes a strong spray regimen to keep apples from getting wormy. It is easier for us to just buy what we need from our neighbors. They do a great job and are well up on all the safety stuff. And they grow great apples! Sorry you don't have them where you are.
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