Apples, apples, apples!! To say I was excited about this day of filming is an
understatement. I love all things food, farming, and fresh off the tree, so
Pietree Orchard was
something I had been looking forward to since we were introduced to the idea.
The day started off really foggy, and although the film crew and Kevin
(Producerman) were all groaning about the conditions for filming, I secretly
was giggling at the thought of walking through an apple orchard, surrounded by
the
mountains of Maine, in the fog!! Can you get any more picturesque than that?! (Well, I guess if
you don't have light, the depth of field and aperture for capturing it in
pictures, it isn't all that picturesque after all, so I get why the crew was
moaning over conditions. At least that's what I heard them saying.)
Nonetheless, I was delighted when we arrived and met
Matt Carter
the managing farmer of Pietree Orchard.
We learned all about the
different varieties of apples
they grow, and how they
graft the trees
to make more, different techniques of growing the trees, walked the orchard
picking apples, shopped in the
retail farm stand
on property for fresh produce not only from their orchard, but also from
surrounding farms. They fed us
apple cider donuts
and some of the best
wood-fired pizza
we'd ever had. I came home with some of their own syrup, apples, peaches, jam,
maple cream,
maple candy, apple cider, and
whoopie pies.
The fog had lifted, the sun came out and it was a spectacular day. My favorite
part of the day was walking through picking apples that I would be taking back
with me, and just biting into one right off the tree. It tasted of pure
freshness, pure apple, pure happiness for me. Kevin and I sat on a picnic
table at the end of one of the rows and took it all in again. What a setting
for a day of filming, meeting interesting people, learning something new, and
getting to literally take a bite out of the local flavor. Watch
Full Episode
Below.
