It’s #apple time! A paradise of colours in regions with traditional #Streuobstwiesen, a very special form of #meadow #orchards meanwhile becoming rare in Europe. And I had to experience a culture clash of people who are afraid of #nature because they think it is dirty and dangerous: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/61d2a583-be31-40e5-8b0a-1bbab9da1335

#reconnectWithNature #apples #gardening #newsletter #soil #health #taste #food #farmLife #culturalHeritage #alienation #natureDeficit #ecoPsychology

It’s #apple time! A paradise of colours in regions with traditional #Streuobstwiesen, a very special form of #meadow #orchards meanwhile becoming rare in Europe. And I had to experience a culture clash of people who are afraid of #nature because they think it is dirty and dangerous: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/61d2a583-be31-40e5-8b0a-1bbab9da1335

#reconnectWithNature #apples #gardening #newsletter #soil #health #taste #food #farmLife #culturalHeritage #alienation #natureDeficit #ecoPsychology

Just spent a couple hours on a test run of my new cider press. Apples grown in my backyard, harvested last week, and now pressed into cider.

I like fresh cider, not planning on fermenting it. I am told the use of "cider" for unfermented apple drink is a US thing? Let me know, I guess. Hereabouts it means either an alcoholic beverage *or* unfiltered apple juice.

I made half a gallon as a trial run (far more than is in the jar in the picture here), to make sure I had everything down before committing. The press really wants to do twice this many apples in one go; next time!

Came out incredible - genuinely the best I've ever had, excepting not even my grandfather's (who owned an orchard - I used to help him press cider every autumn).

Video of the press in action in next post.

#seattle #gardening #apple (a far more interesting kind of apple than the tech company, yes I know what this tag usually means, fuck your megacorp and all the others)

I've looked at apple grinders, but decided to do it by hand for two reasons.

One, my apples are coddling-moth infested. Slicing them into a bunch of pieces let me cut out and discard the mothy-bits, it any. I don't want to eat live bug juice, and I want to eat bug-shit even less.

Two, cost. I had a 2x4 and a bucket laying around. It takes about 5min hard work to mash up a bucket of apple bits. Would a grinder do better? Yes. Do I have so many apples I don't care? Also yes.

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#seattle #diy #gardening

Just spent a couple hours on a test run of my new cider press. Apples grown in my backyard, harvested last week, and now pressed into cider.

I like fresh cider, not planning on fermenting it. I am told the use of "cider" for unfermented apple drink is a US thing? Let me know, I guess. Hereabouts it means either an alcoholic beverage *or* unfiltered apple juice.

I made half a gallon as a trial run (far more than is in the jar in the picture here), to make sure I had everything down before committing. The press really wants to do twice this many apples in one go; next time!

Came out incredible - genuinely the best I've ever had, excepting not even my grandfather's (who owned an orchard - I used to help him press cider every autumn).

Video of the press in action in next post.

#seattle #gardening #apple (a far more interesting kind of apple than the tech company, yes I know what this tag usually means, fuck your megacorp and all the others)

Apple may have to open its walled garden to outside app stores https://www.allforgardening.com/1486105/apple-may-have-to-open-its-walled-garden-to-outside-app-stores/ #AppStores #apple #garden #gardener #gardening #google

Apple may have to open its walled garden to outside app stores https://www.allforgardening.com/1486105/apple-may-have-to-open-its-walled-garden-to-outside-app-stores/ #AppStores #apple #garden #gardener #gardening #google