Always fun to see your videos, Dave. I live and garden in Montana we have extremely harsh winters, your January weather looks like our early May weather. Normally our winter comes so fast I will not be able to do storage idea, other than in the root cellar. I plan to give it a go this year, my apples did not store well this year in a box in the basement. Thanks for the idea!
Very many thanks for another great video Dave. My favourite of some years ago were the Russet, gorgeous! Our favourites of today are Braebans! I’m not at all sure of how I’ve spelled it….but!! Given how you say to store them, I think hubby & I will pre buy them in autumn and hopefully, store them so and see how things go. You munching away on a couple has really made me yearn for one, but too late at this time of night, so look out tomorrow! Take care 😊
I always store a lot of apples for the birds rather than leave them to rot on the ground. During that cold weather the blackbirds, redwings and field fares were eating 50 a day. A real life saver for them I guess….
Here in Missouri, I have an unknown Apple tree whose fruit, pale green-yellow, ripens in June. They are very mealy, but sweet, but also attract big green June beetles, Cotinis nitida. I don’t get to eat many, but the beetles do. Three+ years ago, I planted three cider apple trees because of your videos. Unfortunately the white tailed deer bucks shredded them during the rut.
After listening to the Always Sunny podcast I've learnt that many people really can't stand hearing people chew. I think you just have a decent mic. Now I learn that if I hang up my apples in hessian I can provide a scrumper with a means of transporting their ill-gotten gains. I think I will try it though. (Hessian is one of those things that are sadly vastly overpriced I Feel).
Unfortunately that method of storage won’t work in my situation as we have a black bear and her cub that have taken up residence in our backyard. Bears here on southern Vancouver Island tend not to hibernate.
Hmm interesting. I'll try this as well as the box in a shed method this year and compare. If I remember I'll reply here to myself with the results. What were the results with the spartans in the sack I wonder? I do find these keep poorly and develop off flavours even though they are delicious at their best. Also It's striking how much you look and sound like Bruce Parry btw. (he did programs for BBC living with remote tribes)
@@zoeward4555 First year it's just settling in, soon you'll have too many apples and will struggle to know what to do with them! Freeze them after stewing for a bit and you can make apple pie etc. I did that for the first time this year and I've been growing them for ten. I have been making juice, cider, apple cider vinegar or storing them in the shed til now.
Hi, I saw that you really understand how bumble bees work, I live in Israel so I wanted to know if you know of any places that work with bumble bees in Israel, if you don't then I would appreciate it if you would upload more content related to bumble bees, they are really interesting to me.
Was your trial done this 2022/23 winter? I've noticed apples left on trees, they got hard frosted, going soft and attracting blackbirds as they thawed. Thanks!
Hi Dave! I hope all is well, I’ve just read “the garden jungle” and thoroughly enjoyed it and grateful for the information and enlightenment in there. I have one inquiry: I feed my garden birds seeds that I presume would have been sprayed with pesticides and the like, I’m building a wildlife pond this year and am wondering if I should seen the birds off it? For fear that there droppings in the pond after eating the seed will contaminate it with traces of bad chemicals. Thanks in advance and hope all is well.
Wondering if there are apple varieties reluctant to fall from tree where you might leave them stored on tree. Of course wind and birds might mess it up. Sacks would assure a more risk free storage.
Unfortunately the taste and texture of apples left on the tree past the ripe stage will deteriorate, whereas organic stored apples will have some wrinkling of the skin but the taste and texture will be good
Very good, short precise and to the point. An opinion any body please? I have a small cider orchard and other fruit trees one variety Morgans Sweet is an early cider apple which can make cider for Christmas it is a large soft apple and I usually store them on news paper in a fridge until my main crop is ready. Given it's a soft apple would your method work?
Always fun to see your videos, Dave. I live and garden in Montana we have extremely harsh winters, your January weather looks like our early May weather. Normally our winter comes so fast I will not be able to do storage idea, other than in the root cellar. I plan to give it a go this year, my apples did not store well this year in a box in the basement. Thanks for the idea!
Very many thanks for another great video Dave. My favourite of some years ago were the Russet, gorgeous! Our favourites of today are Braebans! I’m not at all sure of how I’ve spelled it….but!!
Given how you say to store them, I think hubby & I will pre buy them in autumn and hopefully, store them so and see how things go. You munching away on a couple has really made me yearn for one, but too late at this time of night, so look out tomorrow!
Take care 😊
Great work
I always store a lot of apples for the birds rather than leave them to rot on the ground. During that cold weather the blackbirds, redwings and field fares were eating 50 a day. A real life saver for them I guess….
Here in Missouri, I have an unknown Apple tree whose fruit, pale green-yellow, ripens in June. They are very mealy, but sweet, but also attract big green June beetles, Cotinis nitida. I don’t get to eat many, but the beetles do. Three+ years ago, I planted three cider apple trees because of your videos. Unfortunately the white tailed deer bucks shredded them during the rut.
I love apples; a sacred Celtic food! Along with hazelnuts and wild-caught salmon, NOT not NOT FARMED SALMON.
Mmmm, that crunch is as tantalizing in January as it was at harvest! Well done.
After listening to the Always Sunny podcast I've learnt that many people really can't stand hearing people chew. I think you just have a decent mic.
Now I learn that if I hang up my apples in hessian I can provide a scrumper with a means of transporting their ill-gotten gains. I think I will try it though. (Hessian is one of those things that are sadly vastly overpriced I Feel).
Will try this with some foraged apples next year :)
Unfortunately that method of storage won’t work in my situation as we have a black bear and her cub that have taken up residence in our backyard. Bears here on southern Vancouver Island tend not to hibernate.
I'm definitely trying this next year!!!
Thanks Dave 🍎 Top tip !
Hmm interesting. I'll try this as well as the box in a shed method this year and compare. If I remember I'll reply here to myself with the results. What were the results with the spartans in the sack I wonder? I do find these keep poorly and develop off flavours even though they are delicious at their best. Also It's striking how much you look and sound like Bruce Parry btw. (he did programs for BBC living with remote tribes)
Awesome! Sudden;y feel like eating an apple.. :)
Awesome! Can’t wait to try it once I get enough apples to store! I’ve got high hopes from my Howgate Wonder 🤞💚🍎
I planted a howgate wonder last spring - one apple last autumn, hoping for more this year :)
@@zoeward4555 First year it's just settling in, soon you'll have too many apples and will struggle to know what to do with them! Freeze them after stewing for a bit and you can make apple pie etc. I did that for the first time this year and I've been growing them for ten. I have been making juice, cider, apple cider vinegar or storing them in the shed til now.
I’ll try next year . TY
Hi, I saw that you really understand how bumble bees work, I live in Israel so I wanted to know if you know of any places that work with bumble bees in Israel, if you don't then I would appreciate it if you would upload more content related to bumble bees, they are really interesting to me.
Was your trial done this 2022/23 winter? I've noticed apples left on trees, they got hard frosted, going soft and attracting blackbirds as they thawed. Thanks!
Very nice
I've just planted up an orchard, so when my trees bear fruit I'll be trying this ☺️🍏
A great way for fermenting, when apples touch one another they spoil a whole lot quicker
Hi Dave! I hope all is well, I’ve just read “the garden jungle” and thoroughly enjoyed it and grateful for the information and enlightenment in there.
I have one inquiry: I feed my garden birds seeds that I presume would have been sprayed with pesticides and the like, I’m building a wildlife pond this year and am wondering if I should seen the birds off it? For fear that there droppings in the pond after eating the seed will contaminate it with traces of bad chemicals. Thanks in advance and hope all is well.
I was not expecting such success.
Makes sense really ! Good one Dave 🎉
Wondering if there are apple varieties reluctant to fall from tree where you might leave them stored on tree. Of course wind and birds might mess it up. Sacks would assure a more risk free storage.
I was just wondering about that too - my neighbours have an apple tree which they haven't harvested and the apples are all still on the tree!
Unfortunately the taste and texture of apples left on the tree past the ripe stage will deteriorate, whereas organic stored apples will have some wrinkling of the skin but the taste and texture will be good
Very good, short precise and to the point. An opinion any body please? I have a small cider orchard and other fruit trees one variety Morgans Sweet is an early cider apple which can make cider for Christmas it is a large soft apple and I usually store them on news paper in a fridge until my main crop is ready. Given it's a soft apple would your method work?
What's a Hasein Sack?
Hessian sacks are often used for potatoes in UK, not sure what they are made from!
Wow! Amazing! thank you
That's not a success really.
❤ excellent tip! Thanks 😊
Thanks for sharing!