This year’s Apple Pressing & Social Day will be on 27th September, 10am – 4pm, on Bury Green.
The day has become a popular annual event when we make as much use as possible of the huge quantity of apples from the local area, which would otherwise go to waste. It’s also a very good excuse for a get together!
This year is already proving to be an extremely fruitful year for our apple trees, so save your apples so we can make lots of beautiful juice. And if fresh apple juice is not drunk quickly, it turns into cider within a few days…
APPLE DAY PROGRAMME
Apple pressing starts at 10am
> You can bring your apples before this to allow us to make an early start
> Coffee will be available from 10am
From 12pm:
> Live music from Duncan McKenzie
> Bar opens
> BBQ served
> Apple pies on sale
Take your apple juice home
This will freeze really well in plastic bottles, so if you can bring some containers, it will be appreciated. Plastic milk bottles work really well. We will have some containers available as well. If you want to make cider, please bring large buckets etc for the fermentation.
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There’s no entry fee but donations towards costs for the pressing will be greatly appreciated. Bar and BBQ are cash or card.
Tips for keeping your apples in good condition before the day:
They are probably already dropping, but you can store any fruit that is not too badly bruised and is without visible bugs, in shallow wooden or cardboard boxes, under cover. Simply turn them every few days, getting rid of any rotten ones.
Any questions or queries, or if you’d like to get involved, call Judith (B&WB Volunteers) on 07534 361700, or email bwbvolunteers21@gmail.