I picked a whole bunch of yellow plums at a friend's house last week and have been working on pitting them and making jam out of them. I did this last year, but forgot just how many plums I can really handle. I had to give away a box because I wouldn't be able to finish the work before they went bad. They are very tasty though, and make great jam!
My next project is to turn these grapes into juice and can that. I have 4 big buckets full that I picked at another friend's house last week too. It's just kind of overwhelming because there are so many--I've had a hard time getting started on that one. The grapes are really sweet though, so it will make good juice.
Tomorrow I plan to make applesauce with another friend. I already made a batch of applesauce this year, but that supply is dwindling quickly, so I want to take advantage of all those free apples that are just hanging around waiting to be picked, and make some more! I got tons of nice jars for free from another friend, so it will only cost a little sugar and my time!
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Sounds busy, Holly. Makes me tired just thinking of all the stuff you're doing. Guess I'm getting old, huh? It's nice you got all that free fruit, though, and it's wise to preserve it. That's exactly what I did when I was your age. We had an apricot tree in the backyard of the place we rented in Provo. The landlord said we could have all the apricots we wanted and I canned as many as I could get. Wendy was a baby and I was one busy mama. Those apricots were wonderful and they lasted us about a year. I got to where I hoarded the last of them because I couldn't get more for free. We'd moved from Provo to Washington by then. That was my first canning experience. ♥
You are the ULTIMATE canner. I want to take a class from you:)
Makes me think of the time Sum and I were coaching/encouraging you to finish making one batch of cookies when you were about 12 yrs old. You were getting tired of working on it and we were chanting, "You can do, you can do it Holly!". So funny now - you out-work me in the kitchen and would be the one to chant me on!
busy busy! I was going to make applesauce and then didn't and then we were going to make more raisins with our grapes, but Glen decided to bury them in the neighbors yard. hahaahhahhah
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