That is pretty much our solution of choice to the question of how to handle the bulging baskets of apples multiplying daily.  There is a small orchard enclosed by a venerable hedge on the farm which is now in need of immediate attention.  

Combine that with a fault on the phone line between our place and the road, lots of Shakespeare immersion preparing for an upcoming tour of the Globe Theater, and all the football September and October entail, you get one very short update tonight.  : )