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We are lucky enough to have our own cider press to use for educational purposes. During a visit to the park, students are able to participate in grinding apples, spreading apple mash in burlap squares, stacking press frames between each layer of apple mash, and then helping to press the apples for cider. Everyone is welcome to try some of the cider they helped to make, but remember... the apples get sweeter as fall progresses and since each variety matures at a different time, this usually dictates what we use for cider. Students will also learn how cider can be stored, about some of the man varieties of apples grown in Maine, and why eating locally grown food like apples is healthier for us and for the environment. If instructors are interested, we can also give several local orchards including an organic one that will let children come and pick apples themselves.
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