Processed the last of the damsons....it will be good not to be splashed in the face by molten jam for a while! (Yep, I used a huge preserving pan but it was like a volcano) Crab apples are nearly ready, I think I’ll leave the jam/jelly and go for the less volatile crabapple wine option (I’m hoping the volatility will be in the finished wine) Your squash mountain looked fantastic. Let me know about any acorn experiments...there’s still a prejudice here among some older people because you had to be right at the “bog end “ (my neighbour’s phrase) of poverty to forage acorns!
Processed the last of the damsons....it will be good not to be splashed in the face by molten jam for a while! (Yep, I used a huge preserving pan but it was like a volcano) Crab apples are nearly ready, I think I’ll leave the jam/jelly and go for the less volatile crabapple wine option (I’m hoping the volatility will be in the finished wine) Your squash mountain looked fantastic. Let me know about any acorn experiments...there’s still a prejudice here among some older people because you had to be right at the “bog end “ (my neighbour’s phrase) of poverty to forage acorns!