Since I was a little girl, my dad has grown apple trees in the back yard

September is the perfect time to celebrate with Apples as we transition from Summer to Fall. You can bring on the cinnamon and nutmeg to make wonderful desserts that go well with vanilla ice cream that can cool you down during the day, and make apple cider that warms you at night. Best of both worlds as we can appreciate the warmth and the cooler weather at night.

I remember those happy times during my elementary years learning about the usefulness of apples and I needed to help my family by gathering apples that had fallen on the ground. We had a lot of fruit trees, it felt like a little paradise

This year, my daughter, Sarah helped pick the apples that were harder to reach for my aging father. He is super independent and normally doesn't want any help, so this was a first for her.

I want to give also a little background here also that in the Mid-USA, after the revolutionary war, the land was given to those that helped protect our independence. However, the travelers needed a tree to ensure their ownership.

Filling that need, a young man named Johnny Appleseed sold apple trees across the Midwest to the travelers and was made famous by it. I didn't realized until later in life hat he was a real person and he is buried in my state of Indiana.

Below is a short video of an apple tree in my parents’ garden - you can hear me and my mom chatting about it -

Since I am a Daughter of the Revolutionary War, I now wonder if my family moved to Indiana with the help of one of Johnny Appleseed's trees. So I wanted to share his joy of his journey that is portrayed in a cartoon from my childhood; the video is below.

the Johnny Appleseed Song

The Lord's Been Good to Me.

Johnny Appleseed in Disney film sang this before he went into the wilderness.

The Lord is good to me
and so I thank the Lord,
for givin' me the things I need,
the sun and rain and an appleseed,
Yes, He's been good to me.

I owe the Lord so much,
for everything I see,
I'm certain if it weren't for
Him there'd be no apples on this limb.
He's been good to me.

Oh, here am I 'neath the blue, blue sky,
A-doin' as I please!
Singin' with my feathered friends,
Hummin' with the bees.

I wake up every day,
As happy as can be
Because I know that with His care
My apple trees, they will still be there.
Oh the Lord is been good to me.

(Another verse I found online, but not in the Disney movie)

Every seed I sow will grow into a tree
and soon there'll be apples there
for everyone in the world to share.
The Lord is good to me.

More information -
Who Was Johnny Appleseed? (history.com)

Here is a little video short I took in dad’s garden of my daughter picking apples

- click the button below -

I am glad my daughter, Sarah could pick an apple from her grandpa's tree, just like I did when I was a kid.

That's what I call being fruitful!