Big apple plans.

Last year we realized that we have access to an unlimited supply of apples. We took advantage of this supply to some degree but have even grader schemes for this year. Over the winter my wife and I realized that we really like hard cider. We made some cider from our apples last year but most of it was used for applesauce. My children love applesauce and my wife uses lots of it in baking. My oldest son likes cider and apple juice but we didn't can nearly enough of it. This weekend I constructed a cider press that I hope will enable us to seriously increase our cider production. My neighbor's asked me if I was building a set of gallows as I worked on the press in my backyard. I was tempted to let them think that I was since the design was similar but I didn't. I now have to build something to crush the apples and then we should be set for next fall.