Apple season here in southern Minnesota begins in August. One of my favorites in the southern metro is Minnesota Harvest Apple Orchard. They've got a great website that details each of the varieties they grow, their seasons, their best uses and more. I found it incredibly helpful to review before I went. I think they're easy to find and are set up well - easy to park, very regular wagon rides to the trees, helpful handouts on picking and lots of helpful people. They also have horse back riding, if you are so inclined.Emma Krumbees is probably a little more well known. It's a little further down the road but they have a larger full service restaurant and store. When we were there we didn't actually pick apples (although we bought some), we took advantage of their other offerings - a Scarecrow festival, pumpkin picking and tractor/hay rides. We did also have lunch at the restaurant.
One of my friends goes to Deardorff Orchards in Waconia. They have 100 acres and 5000 trees with 15 varieties. yum.
Since apple season is in full swing around here, you can find an
orchard near you on the Minnesota Grown's website. They have a great apple quick list.Well, I'm off to the store to buy the food stand attachment part for my KitchenAid mixer. I'll need that to make my applesauce. Crabapples are great for making homemade applesauce. I have to admit it is really easy if you have a food strainer and nothing beats the smell of cooked apples throughout your house (it's a smell better than baking an apple pie!). Yum.
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