From family-run farms to orchards growing the juiciest heirloom apples, these are the best places to go apple picking in ...

As apple picking season approaches, experts share their tips for making the most of the fall activity, the best apples to pick each month, and what to know.

Apple picking is basic, which cuts to the root of my diatribe — it’s overdone, it’s overrated and it’s underwhelming. You’re going apple picking to say you went apple picking.

The activity can seem trivial, but it offers more than you might assume. ... In September 2020, I took my kids apple picking at a small, quiet orchard in Massachusetts called Windy Hill Farm.

Apple picking is not offered as its own activity, but guests can pay for apple bags and pick apples in addition to their Fall Festival admission. Open rain or shine. Stade's Farm & Market ...

But as an activity, apple picking is vastly overrated and even kind of terrible. I can no longer sit idly by as the masses partake. You’re doing work. Visiting a farm is fun.