After a long hot summer, we’re finally feeling the chill of fall. So the rush is on to get the last of the apples off the two trees in our yard before frost hits. I enlisted the help of my grandkids with an enticing offer of a prize to the one who bagged the most apples. It worked.

My neighbors have also been encouraged to pick as many apples as they can reach. And there will still be plenty to feed a few resident squirrels and the cute little bunny who has made herself at home under our shed.