"Pulled Out a Plum"

A kind neighbor offered up a tree full of plums ripe for the picking, from which I was able to procure two and a half gallons of delicious plums weighing in at about seventeen pounds.

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Re-Source

These pears were foraged from a few trees in the city.  Isn't it nice when landscaping is edible?  It's the perfect combination of pretty and practical.

I raw packed and canned nine pints in a very light syrup.  When the rest of the pears ripened, I did a little dehydrating.

Other Observances

19 august 2012 . sunday . (day nine hundred fifty-eight)

J. and I skipped the local Blackberry Festival in order to avoid hoards of people and stick to ourselves over the weekend.  We did spend a morning harvesting wild blackberries though.  We came home with a few thorn scratches and nearly nine pounds of berries to show for our efforts.

I then spent the afternoon canning several half pints of Blackberry-Bay Leaf Jam.  I made this same recipe last year and love it.  It's great on toast, yogurt, and ice cream.

I also canned a few half pints of just blackberries.  Note to self: Even though blackberries are said to hold their shape during hot pack preparation they don't.  Follow raw pack instructions in the future.