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    Best Friends Day: Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    By Lauren on October 13, 2017 4 Comments

    If you don't put on your flannel and pick apples in New England, did fall even happen? Well, maybe we should skip the flannel when it ends up being almost 90 degrees. Lesson learned: check the weather. Summer feelings aside it was a beautiful day to hang out with best friends and enjoy the best of fall in Massachusetts at Honey Pot Hill Orchards.

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards - Stow, Ma

    Winding down Route 2 for the majority of the ride, you pass by signs for historical sites of the Revolutionary War. Along historical towns such as Concord, Sudbury and Carlisle, Honey Pot Hill Orchards sits amongst other pick your own orchards on the backroads of Stow. The quaintest of scenes for the stereotypical New England setting.

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    Activities for the day can include Pick Your Own Apples and Pears. Standard varieties available include the standard New England classic McIntosh, Cortland, Empire, Macoun, Red and Golden Delicious. But if those varieties don't strike your fancy, or you're not the PYO type, there are even more available in the store - like my favorite Honeycrisp apples used in this Fall Honeycrisp Collard Green Salad.

    After you gather your apples, sit down at the picnic tables for some lunch while watching the hay ride tractor make it's rounds around the farm. Goats, sheep, chickens and pigs are penned off for the kids to feed and enjoy. But wait, there's more.

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    In the farm store, you can purchase apples, pears, squash and tomatoes as well as a variety of fresh honeys and apple butters. Or pick your own pumpkin, even if it's twice your body weight, like Shea up there.

    And the #1 rule of best friend's apple picking day? Don't forget the Apple Cider Doughnuts!  They're fresh, hot and dusted with cinnamon and sugar. The perfect treat for all your hard earned apple picking work.

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    Best Friend's Day: Apple Picking Edition

    What started as a last minute friends get together with the kids has now turned into a yearly tradition. Apple picking, general silliness with the kiddos, tomato soup and grilled cheese lunch washed down with fresh apple cider - and that's just the beginning!

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    Our Wednesday tribe has an amazing feel. Great, funny friends to catch up with and every one has something to contribute. And if you don't or you forget? There is zero judgment. Oh, and standard timing is that everyone runs about 15 minutes late. Isn't it nice when birds of a feather flock together?

    Besides our apple eating snacks in the orchard, we lunched on this Veggie Packed Spicy Tomato Soup. It's filled with super good-for-you vegetables like kale and butternut squash, but you could never tell under the tomato and basil flavors. Amber and Kevin brought us, yummy, gooey grilled cheese and milk for the kids. Auntie Lala supplied the fresh apple cider and of course, apple cider doughnuts.

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    So much to do, so many laughs to be had. Plan yourself a day and catch up with your tribe.

    Here are a few more photos from our day at Honey Pot Hill Orchards:

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

    Honey Pot Hill Orchards

     

     

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    1. Tatyanna says

      October 16, 2017 at 3:15 pm

      You guys look like you had so much fun! We're overdue for a trip to the orchards this year. I can't wait!

      xx Tatyanna
      http://www.apopoflife.com

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    2. Lecy | A Simpler Grace says

      October 13, 2017 at 11:32 pm

      This looks like a lovely place to spend the day. The kids looked like they were enjoying themselves. 🙂

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    3. Allison says

      October 13, 2017 at 5:22 pm

      This looks like so much fun!

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    4. Kait Around The Kingdom says

      October 13, 2017 at 4:08 pm

      Oh my goodness! What an absolutely fun fall day!

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