Canned berry pie filling

Today we had our grandson we went picking some blackberries..I have never canned blackberries so I thought well see If I can do a blackberry pie filling so I found this and would like to share..Blessings sisterbrenda from our kitchen to yours.

cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp Clearjel (use regular, not instant Clearjel)

1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)

1-1/3 cups cold water

1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp lemon juice

3-3/4 cups fresh berries (Marionberry, Loganberry, blackberry, raspberry) **

Wash one quart jar. Keep hot until needed. Prepare lid as manufacturer directs.

Combine sugar, Clearjel and cinnamon (if desired) in a large saucepan. Add water. Stir mixture and cook over medium-high heat until mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Add lemon juice and boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Fold in berries.

Ladle hot filling into hot jar, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe jar rim with a clean, damp cloth. Attach lid. Process in a boiling water canner for 30 minutes.

Yield: 1 quart

* This recipe is for one quart of pie filling. The amounts can be multiplied by the number of quarts needed (up to 7 quarts at a time).

** Frozen berries may be used. If they’re sweetened, rinse off while the fruit is frozen. Thaw and drain juice away from berries. Measure drained fruit, and use the juice in place of the water, adding water to measure 1-1/3 cups.

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Farm News

Well here at the farm things are starting to slow down and the garden is dyeing back the leaves are starting to turn..My pumpkins are orange and I have buttercup that I have along with pumpkins at the stand.. Well a few weeks back someone stole from me and guess what it happened again today.. This is getting to get old.. This time they took tomatoes..It was a small loss but still a loss.. Its getting darker here now but eight PM time to call it quits outside unless you run lights on the tractor.. Well hope all this well with everyone good night.. Blessings sisterbrenda

So busy

I’ve been so busy canning jelly and jams.. Today I made a double batch of blueberry jam and I made double batch of chokecherry jelly, and a double batch of blackberry jam have enough to make another batch of blackberry , made a batch of zucchini relish..Some 0f this will go to the farm stand and some I will give away to friends and family..

The garden has been keeping us busy I need to get some pictures posted we now have a deer in the garden enjoying himself..And can you believe I have pumpkins orange already..We are about three weeks early on everything..

Had a pretty big thunderstorm that came in tonight closed the stand just in time. It has been very humid and hot here some relief coming tomorrow..

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods..

Blessings sisterbrenda

busy

Well its a hot humid day here at the farm.. Last night we got some welcome thunderstorms and much needed rain but when it stopped it got so humid. Taking it easy today just reading doing up some tags for scrubbies and I bought some beads to make some wrist bands and earrings..
Going to have nachos for supper and I will skip lunch..
Coco bun the rabbit is doing great not liking the warm weather and our birds are chirping up a storm.. Time to rest.. Have a great day.. Think about the beautiful things that god has made .. Blessings sisterbrenda

Common Chokecherry

This will be the next picking I will do and I will make chokecherry jelly oh so good.. So if you have any on your land u should try it.. This is what I would like to share with you.. Enjoy..



Leaf Characteristics


•broad, flat leaves
•simple leaves
•not lobed
•fine, double teeth
•all teeth same size
•shorter stem
•all side veins same length
•long, not narrow
•veins curved
•less than 5 inches long
•stem less than one-third length of leaf
•short tip, veins not dense
•oval
•smooth
Fruit Characteristics


•other fruit (not cone, winged, acorn, or in pod or capsule)
•without husk or capsules
•loose, not packed tightly together
•fruit with pit
•whole fruit less than 1 inch
•fruit without strap-like modified leaf
•not like rasperries
•fruit not at end of single stalk
•loosely clustered
•various colors but leaves not modified
•round and dark red
•0.3″ in diameter




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Common Chokecherry



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Tree Size
height 6′ – 20′
diameter 2′ – 6′
Bark


Flower


Prunus virginiana

The Common Chokecherry is a small tree, sometimes a shrub, and often it forms dense thickets of woody growth. The bark of the tree is brown or gray, sometimes smooth, sometimes scaly. The Common Chokecherry grows commonly in rich moist soils, but often is found in poorer, drier soils. It grows in forest edges and openings, and often is found in uncultivated edges and corners of farmland.The natural range of this tree includes much of southern Canada and northern United States. In Ohio it occurs most frequently in the northern counties and in scattered parts of the southern counties. The wood of this tree is similar to that of the Black Cherry, but it has no commercial value because of the tree’s small size. Many kinds of wildlife eat its small fruits. Although the fruit is harsh and puckery, people sometimes use it in making jellies. People also occasionally plant the Common Chokecherry tree as an ornamental, or to provide food for birds

Berry Time

Hi from Maine where the weather has been great it is blueberry and blackberry season here with apples not behind.. Just got back a while ago from picking blackberries I got about 12 cups of crushed blackberries.. I was going to do up some jam but didn't have enough sugar and the store is a ways away..We will pick some sugar up tomorrow.. Ray has been busy mowing for me as I haven't felt great.. Please send up a prayer my way as I have minor surgery tomorrow... Not looking forward to it.. Have a great sunday and don't forget to read the good book... Blessings..