Re: gathering apples

The Joneses wrote:
"Wm Watt" <ag384fm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1187723194.173175.230930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Found a new way to gather apples yesterday. My favourite wild apple
tree is on the steep bank of a river. After picking what I could
without falling in I went home and got a small home made boat
( www.ncf.ca/~ag384/JockPunt.htm ) and a garden rake. Paddling in
under the tree I pulled the apples off with the garden rake. Most fell
into the boat. Those which fell into the water were easily retreived
with the rake. At home the biggest apples were sliced and frozen. Some
were boiled and put through a jelly bag. The rest were boiled,
crushed, and put in olive barrels to ferment.

After putting the apples in the car I went for a paddle and fell out
of the boat while leaning out to pick up some abandoned fishing line.
Wildlife can get entangled in fishing line and die. I freed a bird
earlier this year. The water was only three feet deep where I went in.
It was a good way to cool off. I tipped the water out of the boat and
paddled on.


Ah, "Adventures in Preserving!" We ought to put a pictorial site together with you falling in the water and Barb drowning in hot water (snork), Susan and Ginny and the others up to their ears ribbons. Ahem. I don't drown, cause I have pickle wings.
Edrena, taking some time off


Ha! Well, I've got three Gedney pickle hats and if you're very, very good I will let you and old whiskers wear one each while Miz Anne takes our picture if and when you come by in October.

George, doped up for another !!@#$ ear infection, both ears this time
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