A few weekends ago some friends and I headed up to Jones Creek Farms to do some apple picking. They have a huge number of trees available for you to wander among and pick. You’re encouraged to take a taste of everything. It’s a lot of fun, wear shoes you don’t mind getting muddy. They have a few carts you can use if you’re planning on bringing back a huge amount of apples.
The farm is located in the Skagit Valley and you can see mountains in all directions. The day we went was overcast and misty.
I have never really shined an apple before, it really works!
We found a few of the famed Bramley trees. There weren’t many apples left for this season.
This Asian pear tasted a bit like butterscotch, it was amazing.
They have a baby cow! They also have chickens and sell cider. If you’re there ask about buying eggs and garlic as well.
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15 responses so far ↓
1 Stephanie // Oct 18, 2010 at 1:41 am
I am in the area (Everett) and found your blog a couple weeks ago or so! I looked up this places site and couldn’t find if there was a price on a tour or anything. Is there or how do you go about being able to go there? An appointment? I apologize, haha. I have never done such a thing and I’m very interested. Looks like tons of fun.
2 Seanna Lea // Oct 18, 2010 at 7:48 am
I really need to go apple picking. It sounds like a lot of fun!
3 Kristina @ spabettie // Oct 18, 2010 at 9:21 am
Mmm, that pear sounds delicious, and CUTE cow !! :D
4 megan // Oct 18, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Stephanie – Visiting the farm is free, you pay for the apples you pick by the pound, something really cheap like $1 per pound.
Their website – Jones Creek Farms – has hours that they are open, I think they are open through the end of October and maybe into November.
5 Star // Oct 18, 2010 at 12:42 pm
If you’ve got apple trees, you even can personalize your apples! My grandpa used to wait til the apples got full-sized, but hadn’t started to go red, yet, then taped the letters of my name on the apple. Where the sun didn’t strike, the apples didn’t go red, and I had my very own apples! Thanks so much for the opportunity to share such a wonderful memory.
6 Nikki // Oct 18, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Beautiful! I’ll have to put apple pickin’ on my calendar before the first frost!
7 paola // Oct 18, 2010 at 8:43 pm
I’ve never, ever, EVER heard it pronounced ‘Brahmlee’. Is that an American thing? In the UK it’s got a short ‘a’ as in ‘cat’.
8 paola // Oct 18, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Oh and thanks for the mention!
9 megan // Oct 18, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Paola – The woman who owns the farm pronounced it as brahm-lee. But since I have a contradiction I’ll take the note about pronunciation out of the entry.
10 meegan // Oct 19, 2010 at 8:18 pm
That place is great. We were just up there a few weekends ago too. I brought home lots of apples, but I think I was most excited about the giant greenhouse full of awesome tomatoes. We had tomato sandwiches for days after that.
11 Haylie // Oct 23, 2010 at 6:50 pm
the baby cow is so cute! love farm animals
12 June // Oct 24, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I am so happy to hear someone else say that Asian pears taste like butterscotch. Someone gives me a bag full (I live in VT) every year. When they’ll fresh off the tree, they have the most lovely butterscotch/ginger flavor. Not as distinct when they’ve traveled a zillion miles to get to my local grocery store!
13 Arielle // Oct 27, 2010 at 2:01 pm
What a gorgeous farm! Those mountains are beautiful. I live in upstate New York and we have some great apple orchards. I just went apple picking myself. Here are some images from my adventures in the Saratoga apple orchard. Check it out! http://thechefrepublic.com/?p=806
14 Michele // Nov 2, 2010 at 8:32 pm
I have 50 Gala apples that a friend gave me- apples are one of the things that grow amazingly well in my area of Oregon- any suggestions besides apple sauce, apple pie or dehydrated slices to keep them?Thanks!
15 megan // Nov 2, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Michele – I’m afraid I have no new apple use ideas for you, would love to know if you find anything. Maybe check placed like Ask Metafilter?
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