A WHOPPER of a Blackberry Harvest!! And what we are doing with them all!!!
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- We hit the jackpot with wild blackberries! Recently we told you all that we bought more land to extend our homesteading/farming capabilities. Well, we found a HUGE wild blackberry patch (well, a couple) and picked a couple of WHOPPER blackberry harvests! Today, Sarah teaches how to make blackberry juice with a steam juicer, how to can blackberry juice, and how to can fresh blackberries! We love to teach you all how to preserve the harvest!
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I just used our blackberries to make seedless jam :) I just put them through a fine mesh strainer and processed normally as jam, no pectin, just berries and sugar! It's divine.
Glad to see you doing so well after your surgery. Answered prayer for sure. Thanks for taking time to show us what to do with our berries right during berry season. You are awesome.
I feel so fortunate to have found your channel. I have learned so much from watching all of your content. I hope you continue for a long time. Thank you!
Wow, thank you for sharing this tutorial! I appreciate learning about the juicer and the black berry canning process. Prayers for your continued healing. Blessings for all you share with us! 💜
I remember the year back in 68, my mother and I picked berries. She made the best syrup, no seeds, she knew that I didn’t like the seeds, but boy I sure loved that syrup on my pancakes. That’s been a while ago, I miss my mother she passed away 8 years ago and watching you make that reminded me of her, thanks for sharing and waking up my memories. God bless
Great memories...thanks for sharing! My mom passed in 2005. She would take us kids with her blackberry picking every summer back in the '50s and early '60s. She made the best cobblers with them...YUM...! And blackberry syrup on pancakes (make mine buckwheat, please)...double YUM...! I think of those experiences every summer or when I see or hear about blackberries.
When my husband and I first married 1971 he would go pick blackberries and my Mama would make a big blackberry cobbler. It was the best. She could make the best homemade biscuits also. I think of Mama daily. BTW, she & I didn't like picking berries because we were afraid of snakes. Mama passed away at age 64 from a massive heart attack. This fall she has been gone 25 years. If living she would be 89.
DLR Young This comment thread is beautiful, if poignant. My dear Mother, as I called her, died this Memorial Day 5/25. She was 91. We didn’t do a thing w berries. We were Cubans in the Chicago suburbs. We did have a small suburban garden w plenty of corn (7 children);and grapes. Mother made grape jelly and what a mess it seemed. Purple countertops. Such a blessing our memories can be. I read a very old quip about this. “How can they be gone when they are always here with me?”
I totally agree about your memories of your own life experiences. Wild strawberries were growing on the hill across from our house. Yes, we were busy picking a lot of days in June
Since we're all sharing things here☺...
I'm 40 this year. I have been canning now for 19 years. Typically, 21 year olds weren't canning back then, and I'm not sure what possessed me to start. I made a batch of apple butter my first time ever canning. I gave my parents a jar, nervous that it wouldn't be as good as the stuff they would buy from the grocery store now and then. My dad opened up that jar and dipped in a spoon.. then took a spoonful, then another spoonful. Then he fed my mom a spoonful, and as her eyes closed and her smile widened, the quiet "mmm" as she savored it told me I won. My dad put in a batch of biscuits as I was leaving, I didn't partake because I really don't like apple butter. (Can't tell you what possessed me to start making iy, other than a friend inviting me over and we picked apples) Few days later, Dad rang and asked for a refill!
Mom canned a bit when I was small, very small. I don't remember her canning, I just know she did, because we three kids would bicker about who would go downstairs to pick the best jar of beans or carrots or tomatoes. I do, however, just once, remember her pushing grapes through a sieve for jelly. She said there's no way I should remember that, I was only a year and a half old, and she only made grape jelly the once.
Now, I still can apple butter, it's my specialty, the one everyone asks for.
Last year, I made for the first time, ladies and gents, my 6-fruit seedless "Jumbleberry Jam" with my mother-in-law in mind. I finally had all the berries I needed to make it. Huge success, but darn it all, I could only produce 5 half pint jars. One for the MIL, one for my mom and dad, one for the neighbor behind, who I traded zucchini for, one for the neighbor next, who always gives treats to my dog, and one for the neighbor across, who gives me eggs. Eggs to bake the chocolate zucchini bread that I promised my neighbor behind me.
Other things I can are of course, tomatoes in several forms, yellow peppers (6 plants is a little excessive), salsa, applesauce, apple bbq sauce (pork chops... wowwie!!)apple pie filling, cherry pie filling, cherry jam, strawberry jam, wild raspberry syrup, pickles, sweet relish, dill relish, and successfully pressure canned beef tips, seasoned ground beef, pork, and chicken.
This year I look forward to my peaches, my tree only produced two or three last year, and I lost them to a torrential downpour. BUT today I counted the little baby peaches and I have about 3 dozen, about the size of a dime! SO, I'll be searching recipes for peach preserves!
I dont have a huge yard, but I plant quite a bit. I live in Michigan on a quarter acre in a 950 sq ft 3 bedroom house in a neighborhood where everyone seems to have something to share or trade... to use for something else to share or trade.
All that's missing is a general store, cattle, and a fishing hole. Township might frown upon the cattle... 🤔
Thanks for reading my long... long story. Lol
Sarah, I make blackberry jam but smash the berries through a sieve .. it takes awhile but it is so worth it. It is my family’s favorite! I usually can whip up a bath of jam in an hour, however the blackberries take several hours. I feel having the whole berry flesh in the jam really makes it better than just juice. The seeds are discarded in the compost and my pantry is stocked with “ summer in a jar”!!! Try it! You’ll love it!
Blackberry and apple is my favorite, I cook them separately, sieve out the pips then put together with the sugar and jam as usual. Never used a waterbath just a large pan and boiled to setting point. Waxed paper circles and cellophane tops with a rubber band. One third to one half blackberry to apple.
This reminds me of when I was a young girl(78)now when we wanted a black berry cobbler,mama,would just say go pick som,off we would go a d she kept her word yum,she caned all kind of vegies,fruit,and soup mix,had such a healthy life back then jellies and jam also,those were the best days but just didnt know it then,you are a great example for family to day.👵🙏✝️
One of my earliest memories picking berries on old strip mines in eastern Ohio. That and watching grandma snapping green beans for canning.
Praise God. We need to go back to those days!
Great harvest. Thank God for it ps. Keep me in your prayers my wife left after 41 years and don’t know why and now my boy come home yesterday and found out he has COVID 19 please keep praying for me thanks
Praying for your family Darrell. Myself and my family made it through COVID 19 just fine including my mom and step dad ages range from 18-69. I figure your boy is in that range somewhere. The weirdest part is not being able to smell ANYTHING! May God bless you and give you peace.
God bless you and yours. 🙏
Heavenly Father please give Darrell and his family peace and guidance, and healing, physical, mental and spiritual, that they needs so they can get through this season of grief and worry. Be with Darrell Lord, heal him and his family and bring them all out the other side of this with joy, health, and prosperity. In the name of our Savior Jesus Christ in whom all things are possible, amen. Darrell, pray like you never have before, and give thanks and praise to Him who sustains you. Put Jesus in your heart, so you may live in His.
Prayers.. ❤️
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Love watching you work so calmly with your canning. Brought back good memories of my Daddy collecting blackberries for Mom to make delicious cobbler. He hated chiggers and wrapped the ankle of his pants and wrists of his shirt with Clorox dampened cloths. Good hot southern problem solving. Of course, he had a big farmers hat to protect from the very hot sun. He didn't mind us laughing at his getup as it worked!
You're one of the best instructional individuals on tube. Most people don't walk you through the entire process, like you do. I have about 40lbs of blackberries to can, and don't remember the process. Although we canned 600-1,000 jars, when I was growing up, (from our 150 x 300 garden), I've forgotten a lot of things. We were homesteaders in the 70's, but I got away from it for years. Started prepping in 2016, and homesteading again a few years ago. Thanks for the videos!
I'm a 71 year old single guy moving from Pa to West Virginia into a house and four plus acres in two days. Finding a lady like you to live out what is left of my life on this new beginning would be amazing. Growing and preserving your own food with someone like minded and to love and cherish would be wonderful.
Carpcrappie meohmy see if theres a Master Gardener club near your new home. Contact the County extension service to find out about whats available in yournew area. Other garden clubs or homesteading clubs might also produce results
Carpcrappie meohmy There are ladies with your same interests still available. Talk with your Pastor in your new town about your situation. Pray and know you are being prayed for as well.
Love how resourceful you are. The BlackBerry patch is truly a blessing to provide food for the family.
Thanking God for His healing and wellness for you Sarah. 💗🙏🌻💗🙏🌻
My grandma used to make blackberry cobbler,as I was watching you I could taste it and remember how awesome she was. It was a wonderful memory , Thank you
We must be related. Seriously my favorite dessert
I’m so grateful for you guys and your channel. You’re the only homestead channel I’ve watched who always uses safe canning processes and I really appreciate it.❤️
I have bushes in my city backyard. Between my neighbor and I we made 13 pies a few years ago. They are so much better when you can pick out of your own yard☺
Thank you.
Thank you.
I have been looking for the Ball Canning Book, since you recommend it so often. I got a brand new copy at a yard sale, for 50 cents! Gina at Lumnah Acres mentioned you this morning. Such a lovely community! Blessings spreading far and wide like ripples in a very large pond!
I am so happy you are recovering so well from your surgery. Great job on all those blackberries 19 LBS is amazing !
Praying for you! Love your teaching videos, I’m learning a lot from Michigan! God bless!
A friend of mine gave me a great tip...put jar in a bowl in the drawer next to stove. More secure. Love my juicer! Thanks to you guys showing us last year, I ran out and got one. ❤
I put one of my big pans on a chair by the stove, and just let my juice drain into it...put it in jars when it's done...(but, you could put the jar in the pan)...
👍👍Thanks for teaching all of us viewers out here. We appreciate all you teach. Your God loving.
My Grandmother always soaked her Black Berry's & Raspberry's because she said she was waiting for the bugs to float to the top. But they was then put into Freezer Bags & down into the freezer they would go.
She saved hers for Pies & Syrup & we loved the seeds, but I struggle with Diverticulitis & so now I cant have seeds.
So I am so thankful you are teaching this it will come in handy for our 150 BlackBerry plants😘
Oh dear Sarah! I am sooo happy to hear that your healing process is going soooo well ❤️ Continue to take life on the homestead easy until you are 100% recovered 😇 It is sooo good to see your smiling face and teaching us how to preserve blackberries ❤️ God Bless you and your family ❤️
I love your canning videos. It’s so nice to find someone on youtube that follows tested recipes, understands safety, and provides relatable advise. I was commenting recently about this on r/Canning. It is really hard to find all three and too many channels post unreliable recipes. Thank you so much for your efforts!!!
Glad you are feeling better, just remember not to overdo it, just because you are feeling better. Prayers for a fast recovery.
Love my steam juicer ! I add a marble to the bottom section. As the water boils the marble will bounce and make a clicking noise. If you don't hear the noise, then the water is to low or gone !!! I love this tip ! Also, in my instruction manual, it says to dump the first jar of juice you take off, back over the fruit...That will help have more even concentration. Enjoy ! PS. So Glad you are using the debubbling tool I sent you...Great tool, Right ?
When berries do real well, in for a bad winter, our raspberries & blackberries done very good this year..
I have been caning since I was 11, but I learned a couple of good tips. Well done. And I am amazed by your ability to recover from surgery so fast! After my gall bladder surgery, I was hobbling around for weeks. You are a rock star!
Oh i remember so vividly picking wild blackberries back in my home town on Vancouver Island...The hugest bushes grew along the railroad tracks the black berries were as big as the end of your thumb you could pick a 5 gallon bucket in no time...And us kids had no aversion to picking even though you ended up with picked fingers and scratches it was so worth it first thing mom would make was blackberry crisp...I can still taste that great memories Thanks Sarah you look fantastic !!
Thank you for showing them the correct way to can. Excellent job!!! Glad you are healing so well.
During WWII, we camped all summer at my Uncle's farm in the woods. Mom canned many jars of blackberries, (many other foods too) over an open campfire and later a Coleman camp stove. Even though I was fairly young, I remember, fondly, picking the berries and eating them as I picked. Those really were "good old days."
Thanx for another excellent video.
The Old Norwegian >
I love watching your canning videos ... they bring back wonderful memories. I did a lot of canning for several years and while it can be a lot of work (with two young children and a full time job like I had at the time), I enjoyed it and felt good about what we were feeding our young children. It’s all good! 🥰
I love watching these videos! Also my favorite canning lady! I love how you take each item step by step and easy to follow instructions. I wish I had this knowledge 20 years ago.
Sarah, looking good! So glad your recovery is going well.
I absolutely love your channel!! You are both so personable ❤️
Glad to see you are doing ok, Sarah!!
Thank you and God bless
First. Thank God you are healing well. I had a hysterectomy at 32 and I remember it well. God Bless you. Second, my sister and I learn so much from you and Kevin's videos! This steam juicer is just another in a long line of helpful invaluable information! Thank you! God Bless you all. ❤❤
I’m so happy that you’re healing up well. Go to see you in the vlogs.
Thank you Sarah for sharing your steam juicer and how to can juice, fresh berries and all. I have the Ball Blue Book but I am glad you showed me your Ball preserving book again. God bless you and I am glad you are on the mend. I will keep praying for you. 💜🙏🏻
Long pants, long-sleeved shirts, gloves, and boots! You are doing it right! We had blackberry brambles on our property at the Lake of the Ozarks. Please be careful.....copperheads love blackberry brambles!
Copperhead and black snakes loved blackberries in SW Virginia, too! So, yes, be careful....
It’s great seeing you doing so well Sarah!
My favorite canning lady (-: God bless you and your family.. you make it look so simple, that i feel i can do it myself.
You can just do it
Thanks Sarah I love the canning lessons. You make it no-nonsense easy!
Boy those juicers bring back. Memories from Germany where I first used them, ,boy that was so long ago, think about 40 years ago, yup in Europe that method has been around for ages, that was so sweet that subscribers sent u that , I have always loved mine too!
Glad you are healing and resting well. The blackberry harvest & canning is great
Your season is considerably ahead of ours. I plucked a blackberry a few days back and they're still so sour. Make you picked up, for sure! Your sweetened blackberries and icy cold blackberry lemonade sound so good, Sarah. Continue to take good care and get better soon. God's continued blessings!
You make it all look so easy , especially since you are so organized. Love to your family
Thanks for showing how your steam juicer works. I've never seen one in action. Your videos are great. Sorry to hear about your surgery, but very happy to hear you are recovering well. Please don't do too much while you are healing! Love you videos, thanks again!!
I have never had access to all the blackberries I have wished for. My family was not so crazy about blackberry seeds either. So I decided to add grated zucchini, which is fairy neutral in flavor and allowed me to extend my berries to make more pies, jams, etc.without so many seeds in the finished product. I may add a bit of lemon juice or other flavoring to the zucchini depending on what I am making. Also be aware that the powers that be may 'so cleverly spray poisons' on roadside berries while they are developing and even when they are ripening. Take care and pick safe clean berries and enjoy! Thank you folks for all your sharing of the great info which is so valuable in these times!!
I recently found a huge patch of wild blackberries as well! I have 2 recipes id like to share!
1. Blackberry "cereal"
Whole blackberries
Sugar (to taste)
Milk
Absolutely delicious and simple! If I had an ice cream maker I'd make blackberry ice cream with the milk.
2. Make it work mojito
1 and 1/2 shots of coconut rum
4oz sprite
3-5 mint leaves
Juice of blackberries (to taste)
Very light and refreshing! A recent favorite creatation
So glad you are doing better
Lost my Marbles a long time back also Good to see you recovering so well and smiling.Pleasant 4th there Everybuddy
Just look at all those mountains and the valley topography. Beautiful in foliage colorings.
I remember my Mom making jelly with the wax tops and the string; we helped with the string and eating it! I just don't remember the whole process. Made few jars of pickles today. Had no reason not to. Weather great, plenty of cucs. Happy to see you back at creating recipes again.
I love seeing you up and moving and doing well (but not over doing it). Love you guys. Stay well, and God’s blessings to you and your sweet family.
I'm so glad to see you are doing well Sarah ... continue to take it easy
I’m very glad to hear your recovery is going well. I hope you’re back to full health soon.
So nice to see you getting back to your comfort zone. Thanks for a great teaching video!
Nice job. I love looking at all the jars afterwards. Glad you are healing.
Sarah, Yesterday I watched one of your older canning vlogs. At 71 I made my first batch of mixed berry jam! It's delicious!! Happy Fourth of July!!
This takes me back to when I was a kid. My papaw would take us blackberry picking up in the mountains. We live in East Tennessee. We had that big blue canning kettle and about 3-4 one gallon buckets. We did not come home until every container was full. When we got home Mamaw would wash and can them. Then we would do it all over again the next day. At the time it was torture, but I’d go back now in the blink of an eye.
Ah, the huge blue canner! Just got one myself, "used" but the sticker was still on it, with the rack, $5. And they threw in two jar grabbers, two metal funnels, and AND AAAAAND...
6 cases of smooth side pint and half pint mason jars with lids! Perfect!
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@@CaroleHaddon wonderful find! God bless
After I've finished streaming my berries, I use my Vitorio strainer to get rid of the seeds and add the pulp back in for jam.
I was wondering what she did with the pulp.
Yes! Can also make an awesome fruit leather from the pulp.
fanciterv How do you do that? I was also wondering about what to do with what's left. If there is any flavour left in it, there must be several things, but I have no idea how to go about making fruit leather
I think I'd try dehydrating the pulp. Powder it to put in smoothies, in oatmeal, on ice cream etc.
@@Jomama02 I love that idea. I think I'll do that with my cranberry hulls after making my juice.
Thank you Sarah for the video. Glad to see you up and about. 🧡🙏👍
When I was growing up in Wisconsin, my mom would always make crabapple jelly. It was my favorite. A few years back I was able to get my hands on some, they are an old apple and hard to find. A friend asked me if I'd like to borrow the steam juicer you are using. I did and made some really great juice and jelly with those little pink crab apples.
Yeey new video😊, I love all your videos and I have learned a lot about foraging and homestead. GOD bless you all and have a Good day everybody 💕😊
Mrs Sarah im so happy you are feeling better..love learning with you your canning tips..please keep us in your prayers as my husband and I are recuperating from the ugly covid19..God bless❤
Praying
That's a lot of work for someone who is taking it easy. Nice job Sara.
Bravo.....please do continue to taking it easy ....just don't overdo.....I pray for your continued healing....Bless you n yours.
Those blackberries make the BEST jam. We have a machine (I think a Vita Mix) but it juices the berries, giving you the juice and the pulp from the berries, but removes the seeds, so it makes, not really jelly, but jam. The best part of this machine is that you handle everything without it being heated. That was the best jam, because it had NO SEEDS! Sarah, I'll keep praying for your health. I'm having surgery myself in August, a very minor surgery, but surgery never the less! Take care of yourself and God bless you and yours.
So glad the prayers for you were heard and you are doing well after your surgery. This video was so well done. I had a steam juicer and canned blackberry and black raspberry juice with it in the late 90's. It was wonderful juice. I never did apples or tomatoes with it though and would love to see how both the apples and the tomato juice it produces comes out. I hope you will find time to do a video on both sometime in the future. May God continue to bless and protect you and your family.
I'll bet the honey bees who are attracted by the wild berries are a great blessing in pollinating your gardens.
I'm thankful you are healing so well! Prayers for continued strength and healing. I agree about the seeds. Can't tell you how many millions of seeds I must have eaten as a kid in the Northwest, picking berries in deserted sawmill camps. Your method of juicing and canning look so easy!
You probably get this a lot; but, I think you are the best when it comes to providing instruction on how to do things whether it is cooking, canning, or building. Thank you for sharing.
I was so delighted to see your steam juicer!!! I was given my great grandmothers steam juicer over 30 years ago and use it often (its probably an antique by now, yours is way prettier). I live in an area where there is lots of orchards as knowing many of the farmers I have asked for their cull fruits that they cant sell. Many give it for free or at a minimum cost. I have made Cherry, Apricot, Prune, Plum, Peach and anything else I can run through that bad boy. A little trick I learned from great Grammy is: keep pouring the first few jars back over top of your fruit to maximize yield. And if you want thick syrup or juice extract that you could water down at a later time, keep pouring extracted juice over the top of the fruit till a thicker juice is extracted. I'm so happy to see others use a steam juicer😊
What an amazing blessing to have those wild blackberry patches! That was a ton of fruit! Love how you teach, you have taught me both water bath and pressure canning and I am so much more comfortable with it! God is working on great healing and it is good to see you looking well and to know you are also resting to let time and your body continue to heal!
Amazing! My mom had that yellow bowl when I was a kid. I have to find one of those! Such memories!
I bought a complete set of those and my dishwasher ate all the paint off of them😳they are worth a small fortune in good shape. Nancy from Maui
They are the Pyrex mixing bowl set, and are usually expensive when you find them. I have my mother in laws’ set from 1939. Only missing one bowl. But you can find them at yard sales and thrift shops much more cheaply.
Always enjoy your videos... you are so easy to follow; articulate and succinct in your teaching style. Thank You 👏👏
This is my favorite time of the year... watching you preserve the fruits of your labor. Great job collecting by the whole family. Great way to preserve the goodness of summer.
Yummm - I remember Mom making fresh blackberry jelly and even pie when I was growing up ! I know you will enjoy all your endeavors working with them. Glad to hear your health is doing as good as it needs to be ! Take care....
Love blackberries! I used to pick them every year when I was growing up. Nowadays, city life makes picking blackberries a challenge. Love the idea of the juice!
Elizabeth Wilson Look for “pick your own” locations in your state.
So glad to hear you’re on the mend! As a nurse I always believed that getting gradually back to your routine is good for both your soul and your body.. you remain in my prayers..even as I envy you for your blessing of blackberries😉🙏❤️🙏
Thanks for sharing. Makes it seem so much more doable. Having the right equipment helps!
What a blessing to have a good harvest of fresh wild blackberries. My dad didn't like the seeds in jam like you. Momma would take a strainer and press the blackberries through and throw away the seeds to make seedless jam. I remember we never had store bought pancake syrup when I was growing up. Momma would take a jar of jelly or jam to make us homemade syrup. We sure were a lot healthier and loved that homemade syrup. My children thought I was losing my mind when I made homemade syrup the first time. Blackberry and blueberry is their favorite nowadays.
Sarah, you are one heck of busybody. The juice and canned berries will be perfect for anytime. I'm happy to see you are doin better. Take care and y'all have a wonderful 4th.
It is always interesting to see how different blackberries are from the ones in Oregon
We have about 20 thornless blackberries. I can't wait to use this way of juicing them this year. I usually put them in zip locks and freeze them until I have time to do the cheesecloth routine. Thank you and whoever sent you the juicer for sharing an easier way to can the precious juice.
So glad you are grey Better!God bless your family!
reminds me of my youth, helping my mom and grandma can a variety of foods. thanks, i love your videos!
My grandfather use too own around 500 acres not too far from your place in Graf Missouri some 35 years ago . We always were there when the blackberries were ripe and we always picked gallons of berries,and fished in beaver creek down the road from Donnie Adamsons place, he had lots of milk cows. I live in Central Indiana, but I loved the trips to Missouri. Love your shows.
The picking especially reminded me when I was a kid. My dad took old metal coffee cans & added a wire loop as a handle. You could hang the can off your belt, freeing both hands for picking and/or fending off the berry briers. There were several farms across the road where we had permission to pick. We would come home with maybe 20 lbs of berries. Great memories.
So good to see you back. I mean Kevin's handsome and all, but we need Sarah too. Lol
Blessings.
Blessings for a Complete Surgery Recovery!! 🙏🙌❤👱♀️
Thank You for your Wonderful Homestead Produce Videos...God BlessYou, Kevin, and your 👪Family!!🙏🙏🙌🙌👱♀️❤
Wow.. Great Blackberry patches and a beautiful view to go with them..
When I used to live on a farm, we would run our belts through the bucket handle so we could use two hands to pick/ pull away leaves when picking berries and cherry tomatoes. Made it so much easier!
Thanks for sharing with your family and your outing to pick blackberries. You did a great job with your video about juicing and canning blackberries too. Really glad you are doing well and your Doctor is keeping track of your progress. Stay safe and keep up the good work and videos. Fred.
Glad you are doing well. Love blackberries. Thanks for sharing your storage ideas.
Thank you Sarah. You inspire me. Did my first canning two weekends ago. It went well and now I'm excited to try pressure canning venison. I would never have tried this without your straight-forward instructions.
Congrats!
We make Jam and wine with our blackberries! Thank you for showing your juicer, I may use it next year and make jelly instead of seedy jam.
Sara I’m overwhelmed. Thank w
Love your videos!!! Having a blackberry patch is a blessing.
I remember the blackberries on Vancouver Island in BC Canada. 2 gal was an easy day of picking. They are really tall there so we used ladders to stand on and to protect us from the thorns. Great memories my friends.
A couple of hints. One for the blackberries, if you cup your hand under the berries, and touch the ones you think are ripe, the very best and the ripest will fall off into your hand. I used to clean them , let them dry and put them into the freezer. They are great for just grabbing and snacking on. No sugar, and they were still quite sweet while frozen, a couple in a lemon aid or tea is a nice treat.
Also you can use your steam juicer for things like ginger, so if you grow ginger or get a good sale you can make a concentrate. It is good for colds and chest congestion, add orange juice (or lemon) some honey in a tea.
Glad to see you are doing better. You've been in our prayers. With our steam juicer, we just let all the juice drain into a large bowl or pot. We then divid it once it all has collected. Then we don't have to worry about it over flowing.