Apple Picking

Come apple-picking!

We'll have fun wandering through the orchards, picking and snacking. We'll also dip apples in honey, and learn about the agricultural connections to the Jewish new year / High Holidays.

Date:  Sun. Sept. 13, 2009
Time:  10am - 1pm
Location:  Jones Creek Farm, 32260 Burrese Rd., Sedro-Woolley, WA (map)
Bring: a picnic blanket, your own picnic lunch, and some money to pay for the apples you pick

More Info:

• We will pick apples from 10am - 12noon.  At 12 noon, we'll sit on the grass, have a picnic lunch, do some learning....
• You'll pay the farmers directly for whatever you pick.  (We'll go together, but handle money individually.)
• Our plan is to meet at the farm. If you'd like to carpool, you can make arrangements by posting things on the Kavana facebook page.

And here are a few quotes about the farm, courtesy of Chowhound:

"I was very impressed! It's hard to find orchards that grow heirloom apples in Washington, and they really do have something like 200 varieties. We found apples that taste like butterscotch, and apples that taste like anise. Apples that are solidly dark pink/red on the inside (with yellow skin). Incredibly tasty apples."

"They also told us that the only rule of picking was 'to eat as many apples as you want while you're picking.' Plus, the trees are all short (dwarf varieties? just grafted that way??), so you can reach the apples without a pole and, if you're bringing kids, it's easier for them to pick..."

"It was also in a really nice setting - it's off of Hwy 20 (North Cascades Hwy), about 15 minutes from 1-5. Lower peaks of the North Cascades loom nearby while you're picking."