On October 10, Don and I went to Alton, Utah with our truck packed full of empty milk jugs! Don's cousin Ferril Heaton and wife Dot invited us to their home to make pure apple cider.
Here is Don with his two cousins Carolee and Ferril. Carolee is washing the apples. Don is putting them through a chopper and Ferril is placing the chopped apples in cloth in between board pieces and then into a press.
Tiana Heaton (Ferril's daughter) takes her turn at the press.
Here is the cider coming out of the press. We would get about 1 1/4 gallons of cider from each press. It was my job to fill the jugs. The bees loved to get in the cider and I'd have to scoop them out. We were worried about getting stung but Ferril assured us that they wouldn't. He had been doing this for years and had never been stung. Well Don and I must be sweeter than him, I guess, because we were both stung!!! Ouch!
We left about 4:30 with 56 gallons of delicious fresh cider. The apples were also picked that morning. Now that is about as fresh as you can get! We had completed almost 200 gallons by the time we left to come home. We've shared with family and friends and have our freezer filled. Ferril also gave us a load of wood. WOW! What generous family members we have. Thank you Ferril and Dot. We love you guys.
On October 10, Don and I went to Alton, Utah with our truck packed full of empty milk jugs! Don's cousin Ferril Heaton and wife Dot invited us to their home to make pure apple cider.
Here is Don with his two cousins Carolee and Ferril. Carolee is washing the apples. Don is putting them through a chopper and Ferril is placing the chopped apples in cloth in between board pieces and then into a press.
Tiana Heaton (Ferril's daughter) takes her turn at the press.
Here is the cider coming out of the press. We would get about 1 1/4 gallons of cider from each press. It was my job to fill the jugs. The bees loved to get in the cider and I'd have to scoop them out. We were worried about getting stung but Ferril assured us that they wouldn't. He had been doing this for years and had never been stung. Well Don and I must be sweeter than him, I guess, because we were both stung!!! Ouch!
We left about 4:30 with 56 gallons of delicious fresh cider. The apples were also picked that morning. Now that is about as fresh as you can get! We had completed almost 200 gallons by the time we left to come home. We've shared with family and friends and have our freezer filled. Ferril also gave us a load of wood. WOW! What generous family members we have. Thank you Ferril and Dot. We love you guys.
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