It's PYO Time in Sterling!

You know that fall is coming when the PYO (Pick Your Own) signs crop up all over town.  There are many orchards and farms in and around Sterling and most offer pick your own apples, peaches, pears, blueberries and pumpkins.  Our favorite orchard is the George Hill Orchard.  They have our favorite apple, the macoun and the macoun trees are right near the parking lot.  You can read more about this apple here on wikipedia.  We just stop in, pay, pick the apples and are done in less than 10 minutes.  Of course, we often do it leisurely, but its nice just to stop in and get some fresh apples right off the trees!

This must be the place!

George Hill Apple Barn

Macoun apple trees

Macoun apples on the tree

 On the way home from apple picking, we stopped at Rota Springs Ice Cream stand for some vegetables for dinner.  You can check out the earlier blog entries about this ice cream stand.  It doubles as a farm stand and the also have their own beef for sale.

Our van parked at Rota Springs

Rota Springs Farm store with pumpkin display

We bought some corn for dinner, and some braided garlic but we passed on the ice cream.  We sat while to enjoy the farm scenery with the cows.

Elly enjoying the New England farm scenery

Its real nice to have an orchard, ice cream stand and farm store so close to the house with a country vibe!  The fall colors have not yet started here.  The swamp maples are turning but that's about it.  Everything is still green.