apple-picking

Apple orchards in the Northeast sometimes open their farms up to families who want to pick apples right off the trees.  This time of year is popular for all sorts of apple dishes - apple pies, apple turnovers, or applesauce!


bushels

A unit of measurement when weighing apples - somewhere between 42-48 lbs.


exhausted

to be extremely tired


grateful

thankful or appreciative


independent

The ability to take care of yourself, free from another's direction.


Mi Amor

Spanish for "My love"


orchard

An area of apple trees