88F by mid-afternoon, hot and sunny with a cool breeze in the shade. Looks a like this will be a good year for apples.
Tag Archives: Catskills Apples
Daily Catskills: 05/20/16
63F by 9am, clear and sunny. 73F by mid-afternoon.
Daily Catskills: 05/16/16
36F at 7am, clear skies and cold with blustery winds. Blossoms still hanging in there despite the cold snap. 54F by 1pm and windy.
Daily Catskills Lightbox: 05/25/15
Hand picking worms off the organic apple trees in a young orchard. Last year was a banner year for apples in the Catskills.
Daily Catskills: 11/10/15
52F by noon and cloudy with impending rain.
The Year of the Apple: Catskills 2015
2015 must be The Year of the Apple in the Catskills such is their abundance this year. a neighbour guesses that we have heritage apples on our property. Yesterday, I borrowed a dehydrator in exchange for ten pounds of apples. It’s clear that I’ll be making apple products like apple sauce, fruit leather, dried apples and apple crisp, for days and days to come. The image above is my breakfast for the foreseeable future: plain yoghurt layered with homemade apple sauce.
Daily Catskills: 06/28/15
55F and raining at 11am.