If there's anything that screams autumn, it's apple picking. After last weekend's failed attempt at visiting an orchard, yesterday was a successful afternoon of apple picking. My hubby and I journeyed to the town of Watsonville to check out Clearview Organic Orchards. Unfortunately we always seem to be a little late in the game when it comes to picking apples, and the trees were pretty picked over. We still found some good apples, and supplemented the rest of our bag with apples that had already been picked from the trees earlier. When the guy at Clearview Orchards told me that he "robs" the bee hives every week to get the raw local honey that they sell, I knew I'd want to nab a jar for myself. I put honey on everything lately! You may have already noticed this with my recent recipes - ... [Read More]