Today was a beautiful Fall day, and after an early lunch Ed and I drove up to Bayfield in search of the year's supply of apples and pears. Today was the last day of the annual Bayfield Apple Festival and I learned that if you want to buy apples in bulk and get the varieties you want, you need to visit Bayfield's great orchards before the Apple Festival starts. One of the orchards was already closed; another was completely out of apples; and, I was unable to find Honeycrisp or Northwest Greening apples anywhere. I wound up buying one bushel of Haralson apples (a variety I have been considering buying to grow in our orchard and was wondering how it tasted) at Bayfield Apple Company, and a bushel of McIntosh apples from Hauser's. Of course, I couldn't forget our usual gallon of apple cider from Erickson's and Lara's yearly bottle of Sweet Apple Wine from Hauser's. There were no pears to be had anywhere either. One of the vendors told me that a late Spring frost hit a lot of the orchards very hard and no one that she knew of had any pears this year. Guess I'll have to buy a peck or two from the grocery store. Our house is going to smell so good tomorrow.
Speaking of good food, here's a link to download the new non-GMO shopping guide for you.
Have a great day!
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