I kept bees for a number of years in So CAL and made a lot of mead, then moved back to Oregon, took a big hit on my bee's (southern bees didn't like northern clime's) just getting re-established with bee's. After being back here a few years found that the neighbors on the ranches/farms around me don't bother to harvest or use the vast majority of the fruit growing on they're properties (mostly pears and apples some plum's) and I hate waste, so I've started collecting what I can along with my own trees, intending to cider and or ferment most of it (I can only dehydrate and can so much) It's been a few years so thought checking you guys out would be a good idea.