We went picking for an hour one day, and brought back 23 pounds for our jam. I haven't made jam for two years because we had made so much two years ago that we didn't need anymore. I do realize that you should only keep home-canned items for one year, but hey, who can bear to waste all that hard work and money? I watch it carefully for any signs of not looking good, and have had very good luck with things staying good for longer than a year.
Aren't they beauties! Well, once you pick the strawberries, you are committed to getting them taken care of right away. (I don't know what I was thinking, obviously me nesting at 8 months pregnant has overcome my sense practicallity on this one!) Well, we ended up making 36 jars of Strawberry Jam (yes probably enough for the next two years), 7 jars of strawberry sauce, and 3 jars of strawberry/ rhubarb sauce. I still had some rhubarb left in my own garden after all that rhubarb!For those of you looking for the recipe for the jam, I use the one that comes in the package from Sure-Jell. I figured there was no use sharing that since you'll need Sure-Jell anyway!
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