~Jammin Time At The Cabin~

My berry patch is full of sweet juicy blackberry's

coming up ripe for eaten, cobblers and "jam".

Time for Blackberry Jam

Last year we lost over  half of our crop to those

nasty black birds. We picked every other day, those

birds were still beating us up.

So this year we invested in bird netting, now I thought

this was going to be a waste of time.  You can just imagine

the grief it took putting that fine netting over the berry bushes, 

not to mention that at every pickin you had to crawl under it!

So far so good, the blackberry's are in tact, 

the birds are confused and I am a happy jammer!

Today I made my first 2 batches of yummy blackberry jam!

Why is it that July and Jam makin always occur 

at the same time.

Bad enough it is 95 in the shade in southwest Missouri, 

then heat up the house even more with steamy hot

 boiling berry sauce.  

My of my that savory smell, the first

warm taste from licking the spoon...

makes me giggle with delight and proud

that I still continue the family tradition

of Jammin in July.

Come December when the days are short

with a cold chill in the air, I will wrap my jars

of jam in pretty paper and deliver them

to family, friends and neighbors.

My body, soul and spirit is warm again .

Thank You for visiting today
                Connie