Apples All Year Long: Cider, Sauce, and More (Adult)

Saturday, September 8, 2018
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
$16 Adults; $12 Nature Center members
Paid reservations required by September 6, 2018.
Limited enrollment.

The culmination of apple season is the delicious reward. Come and learn more about products like cider, sauce, and jelly at the September workshop. Cider will be the star at this program, both sweet and hard. There might be samples of some of these treats.

While most apples don’t ripen fully until October, this program gives you information to prepare for production. Learn about that tools you’ll need, apple combinations, and tips for preserving the bounty in the workshop. It will set you up nicely for the October harvest season.

Al Yelvington is a fairly recent transplant to the area after retiring from 33 years in the Coast Guard. Al started a cider orchard (Happy Dog Farm) outside of Russell, PA to provide juice specifically for hard cider makers. He is in his second year in the Virginia Tech Online Masters in Agriculture and Life Sciences (OMALS) focusing on pest and weed management. Happy Dog Farm includes a community cider mill that is registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.