On Monday 16th September I made an early start to travel to a gleaning in Sussex, Maynard’s Farm, 22 acres of mostly apples and plums. Volunteers ‘gleaned’ by hand 2,500kg of apples and plums! In July, volunteer gleaners went to a farm near Colchester; on that day we gleaned over 2,400 pounds by hand of …
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Family Harvest Supper
SEEWEN’S Harvest Supper is on Saturday 12th October at St. Marks Church Hall, Princes Street, Southend-on-Sea. SS1 1QA Join them for their annual supper night – soup and dessert 6.00 – 9.00pm Cost: £4.00 – (£2 children under 12) Apples for sale Fun quiz All are welcome. Download the Poster
Apple Weekend
Saturday 15 October: 10.00am – 2.00pm St. Laurence Orchard, Eastwoodbury Lane, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6RH Andrew Tann’s apple display from Crapes Fruit Farm, Aldham, near Colchester, see http://www.england-in-particular.info/goods/g-case1-22.html Apple pressing, apple tasting and buying, apple tours, BBQ Apples for tasting are- Pearl – Essex -ripens Oct/Nov maybe Dec – medium yellow, heavily streaked bright scarlet, flesh yellow sweet, chewy …
Old apples drink
A historic range of Essex apples are being used in a new drink. Chelmsford Wonder, Maldon Wonder and Braintree Seedling are being used in a new apple juice being produced by the Co-op. Evening Echo 5/1/10