We have been picking up windfall apples for some weeks now. The Kidd’s orange red have started to fall in reasonable quantities over the last few days, so I picked most of those on the tree this morning. We have given away several bags of apples and now have a large bowl full and both fridge bins are also full – these will last us through winter and spring. Husband has been drying apples over the last few weeks – there are now about 10 containers of dried apple slices and a couple of dried pear slices in the cupboard.

I have been picking delicious tomatoes for several weeks also. Yesterday, I removed the seeds from a red, a yellow and a red/green striped tomato. The seeds are soaking in water so that the slimy coating will rot away. Once the seeds are clean, I will dry them and they will be planted next spring.