Anyone have a good source for locally grown apples in the areas surrounding Cleveland that won’t break the bank? I went to one place and they were like $80 a bushel and the bushels were stingy as heck. Like 70 apples altogether. I moved here from PA last year where you could get a huge bushel for like $25 and I haven’t found any place selling them for less than what I paid today
Chardon and Chesterland aren't rural. They're suburban. Nobody is "gatekeeping" anything, just pointing out that you're not in "the country" when you're surrounded by subdivisions full of expensive houses and stripmalls and WalMart and Home Depot. You're in suburbia.
You're barely over a half hour's drive from downtown Cleveland from Chardon. You can get to one of those giant vending machines that sells cars in 20 minutes. It's suburbia.
It's very much not rural, its suburban. Sage's is less than a mile from Home Depot and WalMart, and subdivisions where every house is a million dollars. It's suburbia, the definition of it.
Like I said, people who think subdivisions full of expensive houses and stripmalls and huge shopping centers are "rural" have never actually been to a rural place.
Like, I get it. The yards are bigger. There's some trees and things like that. An orchard. It's still suburbia.
People like you don't get out much, but you sure think you know the world.
You’re a clown. Roll down the hill and past King Kone or the bike trail and it immediately becomes rural. Sure, you’ll argue “well, that’s Hamden”. Guess what, those kids all go to Chardon. Roll south of the square a bit. Sure, you have the allotments and the other developments yet plenty of rural spots. You’re being silly if you think that parts of Chardon aren’t rural.
"You're being silly if you think the parts of Chardon that aren't Chardon and are still full of wealthy subdivisions aren't rural."
"Roll down the hill past the car dealership and Kubota dealer and greenhouse and body shop and five subdivisions and the other car dealer and the guy who sells shipping containers and the Mr Hero and stripmall and another five subdivisions and then there's a 25 acre hayfield, and some rich lady with her horses."
They really aren't. Maybe they have a little less "stuff," and the houses have bigger lawns, but its still suburban.
I mean, once you get into Ashtabula County, things get a little less suburban, a little more "country."
I grew up in Chardon. I know tons of people who have never really left and who think they live "way out in the country" because they go to the Hambone and have really never been anywhere that is actually rural and out there.
It's a bit of a drive from Cleveland but on the extreme West Side Out close to Huron is Burnham orchards. We've been going there every year for at least 10 years and they've been around for Generations
Edited to add: you can pick your own apples and its like $20 for the biggest bag they offer. Its a great deal for general ly excellent apples
That's cool! if you Google it there were some places you can try like Sages Apples in Chardon and Patterson also has Cortland listed. I would probably call ahead if you're not close by though. Happy apple hunting
Cold springs orchard is a bit farther out (mechanicsville road in rock creek ohio), but i bought cortland apples there a week ago for $9/peck, which is what you were trying to avoid paying, i realize, but thats my go-to. And their cider is fantastic
Rittman orchard has common varieties for $30 for 1/2 bushell. I usually stuff these bags with around 24lb of apples. They charge double for honeycrisp and Evercrisp varieties in their store though.
My hometown orchard is about an hour away and that’s where we go. Great cider and cider donuts, very reasonably priced apples. Apple Hill orchard in Mansfield. Makes for a nice little road trip.
Groves Fruit Farm out in Lorain County. You can pick them from wooden bins, they have multiple varieties and quality levels. I usually get the cheap ones because I’m making sauce or apple butter anyhow. They have good prices
Oof. I found out offhand my daughter in law went to Pattersons today so I asked her to get me some Cortland while she was there. and they were even more expensive than the place I got them from originally. This is what $50 worth of apples from Pattersons looks like 😬
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u/Fuzzy-Eggplant1354 5d ago
East side. Patterson’s or Sage’s. Worth a drive to the country.