First of the Season

Well, those berries didn't last very long. Eaten in handfuls, and made into pie (more on that later) the rest were quickly destined to become part of the first batch of jam of the season.

The last couple years the majority of our jam has been made with plum, but by far, the most celebrated jam I make is any made of berries. The very favourite is the woodland walk jam I make using the berries we find in the forest come harvest time - bramble, elderberry and free food like that. But I would say that this blueberry (and apple) jam is coming a very close second...

Tucked away now in the back of the cupboard we'll save this for the very heart of winter, when we can pluck a jar out and remember the day we picked its contents, and, if we close our eyes, we might just remember the summer a little more keenly.

In the Stash

One of the side effects, so to speak, of me learning to spin (and practicing so much), is that I am steadily accruing skeins of yarn, just for the stash.

It tickles me no end to see these skeins and hanks of yarn sitting there, waiting for a project to take my fancy. I don't know why, but it does. It feels quite satisfying to see a few balls of yarn just sitting. It's like putting by, but in yarn. It appeals the part of my brain that feels the need to stock up and have enough to get by.

If ever I can't get to the shops, my family need not panic. I have yarn. We're OK.

Jam

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22lbs of jam hot off the stove, bursting out of the little cupboard designed to hold our stock of home made jars. And we still haven't been blueberry picking yet! And then there are the apples to make room for!

Seriously. We have jam. Why not make some for yourself too!


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