Wild Strawberries

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It's Fruit Picking Time

The Conference Pears have been picked. And the Cox Apple trees are heavy with fruit; the farmers will start harvesting them this week. The apples aren't quite ripe though, so the ones picked now will be stored and used through the winter.

Cooling temperatures + fresh apples and pears. I love this time of year.

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Discovery Apples

I love apple season. It reminds me of cooling weather, changing leaves, cozy clothes, and comfort foods. Basically, fall.

Here in the UK, apple season begins with the arrival of the discovery. They are early-season apples with an extremely short shelf-life—only about a week. More importantly though, they taste amazing.

The flavor is extremely unique; sort of sweet and tart, with a little something extra. The best word I can think of to describe it is "floral". Though, the experts describe it as "a hint of strawberry".

I had never heard of discovery apples before this week, and had I not been given one (thank you, Mary), I likely would have missed the season entirely.

Try one if you get the chance. I plan to eat as many as I can while they're still here.

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Working Dogs

Yesterday, I happened upon one of the coolest things I have seen in a while: working dogs working. Though I know most farmers have dogs trained to herd livestock, I had never actually seen them do it.

It was impressive.

The dogs (just two of them) went out in the field and gathered the sheep into a circle. Then, they kept them there until the farmer backed his truck into position and lowered the gate (if you look closely at the picture, you can see one of the dogs circling the sheep). Finally, they herded the sheep into the truck. It took a matter of minutes.

These dogs take their jobs very seriously and they are very good at it. Amazing.

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