If an apple a day is supposed to keep us healthy, what can I do with all of these?

This is the first year I won the battle with rats and squirrels. I netted and secured the entire tree and picked the most abundant harvest yet.

I counted at least seventy apples and now I’m left with a busy day.

I’ll post the recipes later, but I plan to fire up the crockpot to cook and freeze applesauce, apple butter, and prep apple slices ready for pies. I’m feeling very much like Little House on the Prairie with this bounty. I am so proud of myself!

These apples were from one tree; there’s another tree on the upper garden with smaller apples but I’ll pick them today and add them to the crockpot, too.

The smell of apples + cinnamon is sooo therapeutic! 🍎