Look like delicious apple pies.
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They are.
I wasnt going to post this bing cherry pie because it’s a pie made from bing sweet cherries that i grew and not from pie cherries. But it worked, the bing cherries held their shape during baking and it was really good. Just a lot darker than i’m used to seeing in a cherry pie.
I guess this is one of those have cherries want to make a pie moments for my wife.
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Wow those are huge mulberries.
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Creatures stole 4 of my first much anticipated indian free peaches and took their share of the one they left, managed to eek out a slice DH and I each got one bite. Divine. Buying netting for next year
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@JesusisLordandChrist … man that pie looks so good. Congratulations to you and your wife !!!
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$30 for two cuttings $20, plus shipping.
What did I eat today that I grew? Possibly the worst tasting fruit ever. I am sure there are worse fruits, but I have not tasted them.
I was riding around on the Gator looking at things and noticed the pinkish-red fruits on my Cornus kousa or Chinese dogwood. I had read they are edible, so I thought they are probably ripe this late in the year and plucked several to try.
The outside of each fruit was rather hard and rough, not a pleasant texture. The inside, however, was soft and sweet….for about 3 seconds. Then a lingering bitter flavor kicked in that was hard to shake and I did not even have my usual glass of ice tea with me to wash it down.
Now maybe I did not pick them at the correct ripeness or perhaps the bad drought we have been in affected them adversely, but they are definitely a fruit for eating in times of famine based on this experience. To give credit where credit is due, the tree is very attractive, especially in bloom, and the fruit was plentiful. Now I know why. No other creatures seem to like it either. But, if you find yourself wandering in the wild starving, you might be able to force a few down.
Sandra
Edited to add: Today while mowing I decided to try the Chinese dogwood fruit one more time in case it might not have been fully ripe the last time I tried it. Didn’t want to be unfair to the poor tree. I ate 5 or 6 more fruit so you all wouldn’t have to. No improvement whatsoever with additional ripening time. Maybe a bit softer on the exterior. The inside of the fruit was soft this time and last time. Still with a long-lasting bitter aftertaste that I got to enjoy for the rest of my two hour mowing experience. Squishy with hints of chewed up aspirin. Simply delightful! Anyway, below is a photo of the tree with its fruits today. Kinda pretty, but definitely a case of beauty being only skin deep. 
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Today I ate way too many freshly dehydrated apple slices. They are awfully tasty little devils. I intended to save them for winter. I guess I better keep making them.
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Home grown, home dried fruit is so delicious and also the perfect energy snack. The natural sugars are perfect for a hike or run, or even getting through the 3 pm doldroms in the office. One of my main fruit growing goals is to eventually grow and dry enough to last through a good part of the year.
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One of two Indian Free Peaches,that survived the pest gauntlet.Taste is okay,about 12 brix.This one fell and the other is still hanging.
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Hey, Kaleb . . . . put on a pot of coffee. I’ll be there in a jiff! 
Those pies look great!
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Tasted a ripe osage orange/hedge ball, it had a slightly bitter initial taste, then it tasted like a green corn cob flavor (which is slightly sweet) right before any kernals start developing. It had a very stringy texture that gets stuck in your teeth.
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What, you can eat those things??? I thought they were for hurling at boulders with all your might to see how far they bounce.
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theyre great for spooking bedded deer out of think briar hedges.
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These grapes aren’t ripening quickly enough, so I tried sugar coating them. I used a recipe for tanghulu, but dipped them in bunches instead of putting them on skewers since they’re pretty small. They’re much too tart to eat plain, but with the sugar coating they have a nice sour candy flavor and crunchy/soft texture.
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