Apples galore!

So we have these two apple trees in our yard. We didn't do anything to them until last fall when we pruned them so much it looked like we'd cut down a small tree. There were way too many little sucker limbs and crazy growth and some dead limbs that all needed to go. This year, we have the biggest crop the neighborhood has ever seen! We know this because they have all commented on it. Limbs that are usually over my head are on the ground! No kidding, the eating them right off the limbs. 

Here are the two trees. See all those little green dots? Yeah, they're all apples. :)

Here's the one on the ground! It's not broken, it's just FULL of apples!

Just to prove that the apples aren't only on the outside of the limbs, the underside is packed too!

Here's our harvest. These are just the ones we can reach from the ground, and we already gave some to our neighbors.

 Now the apples are green because they're supposed to be, and they are smaller than what you typically see in the store because they are truly organic. We have no clue what kind of apples they are specifically, but we know that they are baking apples because they are green, firm, and a little on the bitter/sour side. They aren't crab apples, but somewhere between them and a granny smith. Tonight Henry and I peeled several dozen and maybe tomorrow I'll cut them up and make a pie. This is the first year that I have attempted to harvest, prep, and cook any of the apples. We aren't stingy with the apples either, we beg er I mean encourage the neighbors to come and pick at will. I'm really hoping that the pie I attempt to make is good. I'm not sure if I'm a good apple pie baker, but I sure am a good apple pie consumer! -Kellie-