How do you like them apples?

Time to pick up apples again. The two smaller trees are just loaded with them. The big tree has almost none. I can't cut the grass with all those apples on the ground, so I gather them up and dump them in to the compost bin. That said, the grass hasn't really been growing because of the hot and dry spell we've been having (only 4mm in the last month), so I haven't really needed to pick them up since the last time I cut the grass. Most of what has grown are the flower stalks of the weeds. The apples, however, continue to fall.

Last year these trees had very few apples. This year, they're loaded.

I'd like to get them up off the ground before it rains again. Some light rain is predicted for Saturday afternoon, but so far it doesn't look like it will be much. In the photo above, there's a blue tool leaning up against one of the trees. It's a scraper that I use to gather the apples into little piles so I can get them into the wheelbarrow without too much bending. Gotta take care of the back.