We took our first field trip today to an Apple Orchard.  There aren't many apple orchards in Texas!  Today we learned why.  It is apparently hard to grow apples in Texas because we don't get cool nights at harvest time and bitter rot (?) is a problem, among other reasons.  Regardless, the apples were yummy!  The kids had a great time.  We went with two other families and there were several homeschool groups represented today.  We listened to a presentation about growing apples, the parts of an apple, what part bees play in apple growing, what part (good & bad) other creatures play, how to properly pick an apple and lots of other fun stuff.  Then we took a tour with Johnny Appleseed and saw a bee hive, watched the mechanical apple washer (like a car wash!), and got to see many other animals and plants on the farm.  The highlight of the trip for the kids was picking their own apple and eating it.  Yummy fuji's!   

 I wanted to post a picture but don't have enough available space in my album on HSB.  Anyone know another way to post pictures?  Do I just have to delete the pictures from old posts?