My favorite time of year is here!!!! Apple season!!! There is nothing like going apple picking on a crisp fall day. Loading up your cart with fresh apples, and your belly while you pick! We go to an awesome local farm called, Blackman Homested Farm. They’re a low-spray farm and utilize integrated pest management (IPM)….
Maple Peach Jam
Peaches are in full swing, and preserving them is an easy thing to do (although easier once the free-stone peaches come into season). Like tomatoes (see this post on preserving tomatoes) you need to skin peaches if you’d like to use them for straight up canning or jam. Our kids love peach jam! I use…
Strawberry Lemon Jam
It’s jam making season! The first one we make is strawberry! I use an awesome pectin called Pomonas Pectin. It allows you to use no-low amounts of sugar, unlike any other form of pectin. I purchased it on-line in a larger amount. It lasts for a long time, so it’s much less expensive to purchase it…
Maple Blueberry Jam
Jammin’ on jam! It’s canning season in our house. We celebrated it by making the first of our jams this year (we were too busy at strawberry time): Maple Blueberry Jam. We are at the end of an amazing season of blueberry picking. If you didn’t get to go picking this year, make sure to…
