Jam Making

Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. I think I would love the quilting B's and the canning days with other women, but *sigh* I was born a couple hundred years too late :o), so I can on my own. My favorite thing to make is jam. Funny thing is, I eat very little jam. It's my family's job to eat it :o).

I've been making jam this week, despite the heat and humidity and no central air. Hoo boy, am I thankful we bought that pool!

I've made strawberry and strawberry rhubarb jam so far. Next up on the agenda, will be rhubarb jam (The rhubarb in my garden is still doing well and I have enough to make a batch of jam rather than freeze it for winter eating), and mulberry jelly -- if I can find a recipe for it. We haven't checked the mulberry bush in the neighbouring field yet, but I've heard a few people say that the mulberries are ready, so it's time to go have a look...

 We'll after a toasty morning walk we've discovered that they're not quite ready yet. We'll check again next week.