It's Blueberry season!
This is my first year picking and canning blueberries. I found a great blueberry U-pick only about 10 miles from our farm. I went out with a good friend and her brother, wife and his daughter.
It was hot!!
After picking one bucket worth...they were done, so they took me home and headed back to the city. I got in my car and headed back to the blueberry patch to pick another bucket full.
While I was picking the second bucket, my mom called to tell me that my Grandma went home to heaven. I finished picking with a heavy heart. I had spent the day before with Grandma and was hoping to take her some fresh berries to cheer her. But she was already somewhere infinitely better...no blueberries could match that kind of joy.
To keep busy, I got the blueberries processed. I have a few pictures, but I don't really remember doing the work.
I dehydrated 1/2 a bucket, I froze 1/2 bucket.
I made blueberry jam with a bucket and a small batch of blueberry syrup. (I don't like how that turned out so I will be reprocessing that when I find a different recipe.)
Boy is helping!!! He is stirring the pot.
12 jars of Jam,
3 jars of syrup
1 gallon of frozen berries
1quart of dehydrated berries
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