scratter

44 days ago

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel - batch 2 of apple juice

2/3 of this batch were the red apples from the top orchard planted by me and the trees I planted by the river. The remainder were from the older orchard by the river, slightly less sweet but still fantastic. The blue machine is a scratter which turns the apples into a pulp which we then press and bottle.

425 days ago

Photo article from the Welsh Hovel: 45 litres of apple juice made

Six buckets of apples from the new trees I planted in the upper orchard and what was the jungle went into the scratter, the blue machine below.

1483 days ago

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel - Apple Juice Production Line

For some reason, I am snowed under with apples from the orchard by the river Dee this year. This week I brought in two 25 litre buckets of apples. I could easily bring in another twenty if I had the time and energy to process them all and enough bottles to store the juice in.

1525 days ago

Photo article from the Welsh Hovel - plum vodka for the Mrs

My friend N has lent me her apple picker, a tall pole with a basket at the top. With an apple scratter now bought I will do a small test harvest of apples from the old orchard by the river tomorrow, with a view to pressing some juice. Those apples are starting to drop so some are clearly ripe. Meanwhile I have made a a little something for the Mrs…