Apple Butter Day

Last weekend was the Guier annual Apple Butter day! We had gorgeous, even hot weather this year! It was great to see everyone and catch up as well as we could while chasing the kids around!

The first step for apple butter is the kids get in the trailor and pick up the apples....


then send them down the grinder...

the bucket is taken and the apple mush is squeezed so all the juice is out...

the juice is strained and bottled for apple cider!


I didn't get a picture of the huge cast iron kettles the apple butter is cooked in all day, but there's a lot of stirring and watching that goes on!

And of course a nice countryside picnic!