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It's Fall In Maine - That Means Apple Time!

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with HOME AT LAST REAL ESTATE DB915628

 

I played hookey for a little bit last week and went apple and pumpkin picking at a Giles Farm, a local orchard located in Alfred, Maine.  It was a gorgeous day, still quite warm with a fresh breeze blowing gently.  The orchard is located on a hillside and the scenery was just breathtaking with all of the beautiful fall colors just starting to show up in the valley below and hills beyond. 

The lady at the apple stand was wonderful; she fixed us right up with an "apple grabber" and pointed us in the right direction for the favored apple, The Cortland.  I could wax poetic about the Cortland apple; tart, crispy....just a lovely green and red, white starred ball of heaven! 

Some orchards lost their entire crop when we had a May frost this year, but luckily, the Giles Farm Orchard was basically untouched, though I did see a few apples with the telltale "ring" on them. 

It took less than 15 minutes to pick 16 pounds of apples!  Next stop: The pumpkin patch.  We looked at just three pumpkins before finding the winner! Hey, it's been a great growing season!

 Sixteen pounds of apples for pies, cake, applesauce....Can you say, HEAVEN?!  

 

 

Posted by

Carole L. MacCollum 

Broker/Owner HOME AT LAST REAL ESTATE

676 Post Road, Suite 6 Wells, Maine 04090

Mail to: P.O. Box 427, Wells, ME 04090

carolemaccollum12@gmail.com / 207-337-4792

 

Comments (19)

Bridget "Mortgage Mama" McGee
SWBC Mortgage 410-960-2061 - Baltimore, MD
Maryland Mortgage Mama NMLS#196068

We were just in Maine for a week...it was AMAZING!!!  You sure live in a beautiful area. Looks like a great day!

Bridget "Maryland Mortgage Mama"

Oct 16, 2010 08:52 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for sharing. I would enjoy a good apple right now. Have a great weekend.

 Blooming for Maryland home buyers.

Oct 16, 2010 09:35 AM
Anita Clark
Coldwell Banker Access Realty ~ 478.960.8055 - Warner Robins, GA
Realtor - Homes for Sale in Warner Robins GA

16lbs...that's alot of apples.  Should I place my order now or wait until the pies are done?  ;-)

Oct 16, 2010 10:18 AM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

Ah apples.  My favorite fruit.  Just had a lovely huge Golden Delicious, also my favorite for lunch.

Oct 16, 2010 11:22 AM
Sara Homan
Coldwell Banker Ellison Realty 352-209-4044 - Ocala, FL
Realtor, Homes, Farms & 55+

I miss apple picking time in NY!  We used to go to the Hudson Valley, lower Catskills area when our children where small.  Now I'm waiting for my grandson to walk and he's going to go apple picking with Grandma in NY... BTW they don't grow well if Florida :(

Oct 16, 2010 11:33 AM
Debra Davis
Keller Williams Realty Atlanta Partners - Snellville, GA
Realtor - Atlanta, Decatur, Snellville, Loganville

They look wonderful. I love fresh applie pies and homemade applesauce. Yummy.

Oct 16, 2010 11:57 AM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

That sounds neat. I have never heard of an aplle grabber. I took some Maine Clients to a Ham and Oyster Supper here this afternoon.

Oct 16, 2010 01:23 PM
Michael J. Perry
KW Elite - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA Relo Specialist
These are some of the great things about Fall !!!!!
Oct 16, 2010 03:18 PM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Carole, what a great way to spend the day. My Wife is baking an apple crisp this morning. Life is good!

Oct 17, 2010 02:51 AM
Alex Morris - Austin Real Estate Agent
Austin, TX

One of the few drawbacks to living in Austin is no "true" autumn.  It looks amazing up there!  While I don't envy the freezing cold, the autumn months are difficult to match.

Oct 17, 2010 04:39 AM
Alex Morris - Austin Real Estate Agent
Austin, TX

One of the few drawbacks to living in Austin is no "true" autumn.  It looks amazing up there!  While I don't envy the freezing cold, the autumn months are difficult to match.

Oct 17, 2010 04:39 AM
Leslie Prest
Leslie Prest, Prest Realty, Sales and Rentals in Payson, AZ - Payson, AZ
Owner, Assoc. Broker, Prest Realty, Payson,

We used to have a plant nursery/orchard where they mage cider. They went out of business and I really miss it! I love Fall.

Oct 17, 2010 05:52 AM
Patricia Ann Young
eXp Realty - Lantana, TX
Follow My Heels Home

Oh I love apples and Pumpkin. What a great activity to do. I wish we had that..I love in Dallas so I don't think I will be picking apples or pumpkins anytime soon unless you count the pumpkin patch and the famers market!

Oct 17, 2010 05:54 AM
Sharon Paxson
Sharon Paxson, Realtor® EQTY Forbes Global Properties - Newport Beach, CA
Newport Beach Real Estate

Beautiful area you live in, and how fun to pick your own apples. There is a place a couple hours away that you can pick your own apples here in So Cal.

Oct 17, 2010 06:10 AM
Noah Levy
Coldwell Banker - Highland Park, IL
Coldwell Banker Highland Park IL

Sounds like a great day! We love Maine - we are there every summer - what a great place to call home. Enjoy your apples!

Oct 17, 2010 06:12 AM
Victor T. Gurrola
Remax Realty 100 - Diamond Bar, CA
Diamond Bar Real Estate Professional

Great pictures, I love Apples.

Oct 17, 2010 10:58 AM
Carole L. MacCollum
HOME AT LAST REAL ESTATE - Wells, ME
Broker/Realtor 207-337-4792

Hi Bridget!  Yes, it was one of those exceptional fall days - still nice and warm; no gloves needed!  I am glad you made a trip to Maine; it's definitely one of those places you don't want to miss!

Hi Roy!  These are the BEST apples!  I could eat Cortlands all day long :)

Anita, LOL, better to place the order now, before they are all gone!

Lenn, I love apples too - I have one every day at lunch.  Would love to have my very own apple tree!

Sarah, I have heard that part of NY is simply gorgeous - I would like to visit there sometime!  My sister lives in Florida now....and she REALLY misses apple season in the Northeast.

Debra, me too!!! 

Cheryl, I never heard of an apple grabber either, LOL.  The last time I went apple picking, I was probably 10 years old - we didn't have grabbers then; we were the grabbers, hahahaha!  How cool that you have some Maine clients - are they snowbirds?

Michael P., YEAH!  :)

Michael S., I have never made an apple crisp - this year will be my first; hope it comes out yummy!

Alex, having lived in the Northeast all of my life, I can't imagine not having seasons; I think I'd be bored! 

Hi Leslie, I can't imagine not having an orchard somewhere right around the corner (we have bunches of them here in Southern Maine); maybe you can start your own orchard, lol!

Hi Patricia, well, at least you have the farmer's market...

Sharon, it was an awful lot of fun that day...always nice to play hookey once in awhile, especially when it usually rains on days I take off, LOL.  Do they grow Cortlands in CA?

Noah, where do you usually stay when you come to Maine?   It was just incredible weather this summer; our tourists were exceptionally happy at the seacoast!  And yes, it is a great place to call home.

Victor, thanks, it was fun and a great day to take pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 18, 2010 04:21 AM
Sidney Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula Kutchuk - Realty Works Temecula
Realty Works Temecula - Temecula, CA
Realty Works Temecula

Carole:  What a great fall picture of you...Wow, 16 pounds, maybe enough for apple cobbler, too!   Congrats on the feature, great Localism post, indeed!

Oct 18, 2010 04:48 PM
Noah Levy
Coldwell Banker - Highland Park, IL
Coldwell Banker Highland Park IL

Carole

Our kids go to camp outside of Waterville - every year we hit a different spot....we have been to the beach in Wells and the carnival. We just love it -great place to have a few days of gorgeous weather hiking and great lobsters!!!

Oct 18, 2010 11:49 PM