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.
