Picking wild blackberries – the sequel
16.2 years ago blackberries
I enjoyed the blackberry pie so much I decided we needed some blackberry jam as well. I picked so sparsely at my first public berry picking location that I could have gone back and easily found enough berries to make jam, but it was a nice day and decided to take a walk in the woods with my youngest daughter. After exploring (getting lost for two hours) and picking various species of blackberries, I finally found civilization and called my wife to pick us, since walking along a busy road with no shoulder with a jogging stroller didn’t seem like a good idea (and I was tired).
I picked enough berries during our adventure for my wife to make 8 jars of jam (7 put in jars, 1 put in Tupperware for immediate consumption) I would provide our secret jam recipe but the nice people already put it on the package of SURE-JELL pectin.
| 7 cups of sugar | $ 1.50 |
| 8 pints of blackberries | $ 0.00 |
| Pectin | $ 2.00 |
| Cost per jar | $ 0.44 |
Tags: cheap, led, vegetables
16.2 years ago
How about that, home-made, cheap, and delicious! That’s the way to do it. Plus, you got a walk in the woods out of it too!- Karenhttp://greenwalks.wordpress.com
16.2 years ago
MMM. If I could only get enough blackberries off of my bushes, I would love to make some. I’m still working on saving enough berries for one thing. If I could just avoid any more beestings I’d be all set!
16.2 years ago
Nice to see a fellow PNW free-berry jam maker!
13.2 years ago
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