tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73302803752257887552024-03-18T20:46:59.513-07:00Apple Valley Orchard & RV ParkApple Valley Orchard & RV Park is located in Kelowna, BC, in the Okanagan Valley, also known as "Canada's Fruit Basket". We never close! You can rent a site for a night, a "season" or all year long! This is truly one of the best places in Canada to spend the winter in your RV! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17726055918046621961noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330280375225788755.post-34318012718698811222015-09-07T17:40:00.000-07:002015-09-07T17:40:47.711-07:00A Busy Summer <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right;">This past season, the August 1st long weekend was completely booked in March. Due to the demand for sites in late July and early August, we recommend that you make your online reservation with us as soon in the New Year as possible. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17726055918046621961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7330280375225788755.post-16641390790515864042015-07-23T05:00:00.001-07:002015-07-23T05:04:33.172-07:00Summer - What's Happening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cherry season went very well this year. We had a lot of cherries and many happy guests who left with a bag of cherries they picked themselves!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our summer came early this year and it sure has been hot! It's a good thing our tenting area has shade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beaches at Lake Okanagan are well populated in the summer heat, as are the facilities at nearby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_Lake_(British_Columbia)" target="lakewindow">Woods Lake</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are also wineries and golf courses in this area for guests to visit. You can see a list of them on the "<a href="https://applevalleyrv.ca/things.html" target="avwindow">Things To Do</a>" page of our website. There are even winery tours that will pick you up here, take you to all the wineries so you can taste what the Okanagan has to offer, then bring you home again! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't forget to visit the petting zoos and riding stables in Kelowna! You can see a list of them on the <a href="http://www.kelownabc.com/attractions/animals/index.php" target="attractwindow">Kelowna Attractions Website</a>, in addition to information about the Kettle Valley biking Trail frequented by bikers and hikers both. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzKsto6VfVAI0QObqcgPjYGWwfo4E94vmMb-wRpK9XXz6Q7q5tA4qpgkSmwJQDbpkCu6s3YPeMSyAZUv5cDvfwFx4K8wwZK2neOKDvombdBpmfC_g8GMuyfUHo4DTUFjGhCOji1GOgDPB/s1600/spring2015_garden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTzKsto6VfVAI0QObqcgPjYGWwfo4E94vmMb-wRpK9XXz6Q7q5tA4qpgkSmwJQDbpkCu6s3YPeMSyAZUv5cDvfwFx4K8wwZK2neOKDvombdBpmfC_g8GMuyfUHo4DTUFjGhCOji1GOgDPB/s1600/spring2015_garden.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had spring weather since mid February this year. We actually tilled the garden in February! This is a picture of our tilled garden space. Some of our guests began to plant the early things this past weekend, so we should see some green out there soon too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The quail are out and about now. We don't see any babies yet, but I'm sure there will be a few soon. They are so cute! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know we showed this same picture at Christmas last year but the ones I took yesterday were identical, right down to the decorations in the urn. Same blue sky, sunny day and green field. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our pumpkins, squash and apples grew well this year! We have large orchards of Gala and MacIntosh apples and a few large red delicious apple trees. The apple gleaning charity came and picked over 20 large (3' x 3') apple crates full of apples this year! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another charity came and took what remained of the garden, all of the pumpkins, squash and cucumbers that were left. Our guests took what they wanted first, of course. We grow all that we do for our RV guests and let the charities come and take what is left. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a "pick and eat" policy here. Those guests who are actually staying here are allowed to pick and eat for immediate use. It's like living in the Garden of Eden! We have cheap rates for those who also want to take boxes of produce with them or for family, friends and local residents, when it is available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to what we grow for our guests, the long term renters will get a garden plot of their own next year! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below are a few recipes to help you use all the squash and pumpkins that you grew and/or bought this year. For the most part, winter squash is interchangeable with pumpkin in baking and is so much better than canned! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2 cups cooked squash<br />3 egg yolks<br />1.5 cups flour<br />1/2 teaspoon salt<br />pinch of black pepper<br /><br />Add egg yolks to cooked and mashed squash and mix well. Add the flour to the squash and mix well. Bring salted water to the boil and then gently drop several tablespoonfuls of the dough mixture into the water, stock, soup or stew. Be careful not to crowd the pot. The dumplings will float to the surface when they're done.</span><br />
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We are also growing some winter squash in the pumpkin garden. We have four varieties this year. They are butternut, sweet dumpling, cushaw and Hopi Black squash. All winter squash seeds are good for roasting and eating, as are the pumpkin seeds! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We plan to sell the Halloween </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pumpkins in the fall and to roast the seeds. The squash seeds can also be roasted and eaten in the same manner. We will be saving and drying some of our own seed for planting next year, as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Squash can replace pumpkin in most recipes and many people like </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> better. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will post some great squash recipes when they are all ripe in the fall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to the pumpkins and squash in our garden, we are also growing some heirloom tomatoes which you can see in some of the photos. Unfortunately, some of the tomatoes were planted a bit too close to the pumpkins...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are rapidly filling up for the remainder of the summer. The August 1st long holiday weekend is already </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">completely booked. Every single site and all of our emergency overflow sites have been reserved! We do still have the occasional date here and there available in July but not for long. If you are planning to stay with us at any time before the long weekend is over, please send us an email immediately!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We will have monthly sites available for rent after the Labour Day weekend in September. Spend the winter with us!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So far we have made three types of peach jam: chunky white peach, regular peach jam with small bits in it and smooth peach jam run through the blender. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All of them turned out beautifully!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Next on the list to make is apple jelly from our organic Red Delicious apples, all tree ripened and hand picked after the frost when they are at their sweetest!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">After the apple jelly is finished, we will be processing the grapes. They are in the freezer now. Freezing the fruit first helps to break down the cell walls and release the juice. It makes a big difference.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Boil the fruit/sugar/lemon juice mix until it reaches at least 200 degrees farenheit (at least 10 mins) then put in the pectin and boil hard another full minute. I aim for 210 but it can sometimes take a heat on high to reach it. Sometimes I give up and just stop at 203f, when I'm sure it has cooked long enough. If it's soft, then so be it. As long as it's not runny, I'm happy. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Always add pectin. Powdered pectin usually works better than liquid. Use the "low sugar" pectin powder, even if you plan to add the regular amounts of sugar. It just works better. It's more money but it makes more too.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don't enlarge the recipe. Just make a one-box-of-pectin sized batch at a time. If you double it, it may not gel. (I know...it doesn't make sense but that's the way it is.) One box makes about 4 pint jars.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Add 2 Tablespoons of lemon juice to any recipe, whether it calls for it or not. It can't hurt and the extra acid will help it gel and stay fresh longer. It also keeps the fruit from darkening while processing and gives the flavour a boost. Just add a bit more sugar and sweeten to taste after adding the lemon juice. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">It can take half again as much sugar to make jelly from the small, very tart, wild things like wild blueberries, crabapples or choke cherries, but the flavour is hard to beat.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Make sure all the jars have sealed after processing and</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> remove the rings for long term storage.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Keep your finished jams and jellies in a cool, <b>dark</b> place.</span></li>
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