Home-grown apples

Absolutely nothing can beat the taste of scrumped apples or pears.  I grew up very close to Birmingham city centre, a suburb.  Was lucky enough to have an orchard close by that no one seemed to own, the fruit we scrumped was amazing, logan berries, strawberries, raspberries, apples and pears.  Had to be the best taste ever, and free.

My new plot neighbour has let me have some of his apples and they are delicious eating apples - no idea what variety!
I'm trying to store mine overwinter using the sealing wax trick on the stalk.
Any without a stalk I'm eating now :happy:

My parents also have 3 apple trees in their garden - not that they eat many apples! So likely to have them too!

I've just got some Bradley's from my neighbour, and I'd like to store the undamaged ones.  What is the wax trick please?

I've got that book DBG, I used it I think for the gooseberry & mint jelly I made this year.

I have 2 apple trees in my garden, not sure on which variety they are.

Some years are better than others but they never fail to disappoint us with the quantity of apples they provide. The kids don't eat apples and there are far too many for me and hubby to eat.

We pick them as we require them and the rest we let fall to the ground for a few weeks. Then my hubby rubs his hand with glee and starts to play....

Apples are collected and sprayed with hosepipe, chucked in a bug tub, bashed to death with the end of a scaffold board, squeeze through a muslin and some contraption that he has created, bottled and left.

Hey presto home made cider!!! and its all free 

By the way I am 30 something and I don't care if my produce is misshaped or needs a good scrub. I have lots of friends who think they like the "good life" way of living thanks to the kirsty allsops etc of this world, but when it comes to the crunch it's supermarket bought all the way for them