Our garden is rather short of fruit trees (except the 6 I've planted but the fruit count from them so far is 3 apples – LAST year not a sausage this…). We do have a tree with little yellow cherry plums which are quite nice and another with damsons. Neither saw a single fruit last [...]
Posts Tagged ‘jam’
12 Oct
Busy Busy
Yep been another ridiculously busy week and the chooks have barely had a look in. Except for Tuesday when I ran a "Hen Party" for James teachers as the school now has their chickens. James and I did go hedgerowing on Friday though and I found a rather fine, rich vein of Sloes so it's [...]
26 Sep
Aaaah more jam!
In my lovely new freecycled jam pan – if you are reading this – thanks again for the jam pan, it's going to be put to good use! I finished my crab apple jelly and it was so much easier in the new pan. Also it was easier to wash! I need to think about [...]
23 Sep
Aaaah cooking
Draining crab apples Jam I continue to feel the urge to cook my own food – I'm hoping to make presents of home made produce over the next few years. Today I started crab apple jelly with the crab apples I picked the other day. Its draining in the jelly bag as I type (I [...]
