Autumn In Avalon's Garden: Hackelbarney Farm Cider Mill ~

Fall Song

Another year gone, leaving everywhere its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, the uneaten fruits crumbling damply in the shadows, unmattering back from the particular island of this summer, this NOW, that now is nowhere except underfoot, moldering in that black subterranean castle of unobservable mysteries - - -roots and sealed seeds and the wanderings of water. This I try to remember when time's measure painfully chafes, for instance when autumn flares out at the last, boisterous and like us longing to stay - - - how everything lives, shifting from one bright vision to another, forever in these momentary pastures. - Mary Oliver

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Hackelbarney Farm Cider Mill ~

Hello Everyone~

So glad you stopped by :) Autumn is the time to get out and enjoy the sights, and scents of the Season.This past weekend we journeyed to the Hacklebarney Farm Cider Mill, one of the many farms located in Chester New Jersey.

Being such a Beautiful weekend everyone was out doing their Autumn thing so there was a bit of traffic on the roads, which gave me time to take a few autumn pics on the way….

This is passing by Chubb Park (the 4H Fair is held here , along with horse shows)

One of the many farms along the way

We are beginning to get some Beautiful color…….

Almost there…….

Ahhhhh ……., here we are. In that opening is where you can watch the cider being made.

As we take a walk around the place….

Entrance to fields to pick your own pumpkin or go thru thru corn maze……

Apple Orchard ~

Crates with many different kinds of apples.

Apples being made ready to turn into cider…….

On the other side of the wall you can see apples go from the shoot thru machine that washes them…….

Apples being crushed……

After being crushed the juice passes thru the hose and thru wood filters stacked at the top of the next machine which filters out all the sediment.

And I must say, this is the Clearest apple cider I have ever had!!, and sooo Sweet too!!

Passing thru the final filter, juice is collecting in the silver container.

I am not sure, but I think this is a pasteurizing machine ?, but the cider goes thru here into the containers, and they are ready to sell. All in all , it does not appear to be too complicated of a process. No preservatives,,, just pure Goodness!! Winking smile

Now onto the Food Shop,,

Besides watching the cider being made, I think it’s mostly all about the cider & baked goods……. yummmm

Up front Sorry if some of the following pictures are a bit of a blur….

At least on the day we came , there was a line going into the Food Shop. Once you were in the shop it is very small and in the shape of a U. So as you go in, it’s a bit of an assembly line as you pass thru. You sort of need to keep moving along…… ( not too much time for photo shoots Sad smile )

They have all sorts of Autumnal goodies , candles, jams…….

Yummy pies & breads……..

Chocolate covered apples, cookies, candy …..

Homemade Pastries and Cider Donuts

Below; Pancake mixes, Chili pkgs. , Soup mixes ….. Everything looks so Good Smile

Below; a variety of syrups, more jams and canned Jersey Tomatoes

And at check out ,,,,, Apples of-coarse Smile

And on the weekends they serve lunch, hot dogs cooked in apples and cider Smile

I am sure we will be back, they have a Blueberry Crumb Pie to die for, and the soup mixes looked soooo Good! Well I hope you enjoyed the little road trip.