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| Four Generations of beautiful women! |
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My peaches and apricots ripen in May. I had a great crop this year., enough for me and the birds! My good friend Elisa (we were college roommates) and Mom were my main crew. When Faye got back from San Diego, she and Jules came and helped with the last batch. This is what we do,wash the jars, put them & lids in a boiling water bath to sterilize, wash the peaches, drop them in hot, hot water so the peels come off easily, cut them up in little pieces, cut up candied ginger, measure out 51/2 cups sugar, put 4 cups chopped peaches, 2 TB lemonjuice, 1/4C chopped ginger, 1 pkg pectin and 1/2 tsp butter in a pot, heat stirring constantly till it comes to a full rolling boil which you cannot stir down. Then you quickly add the sugar keep stirring till it again comes to a full rolling boil which you cannot stir down then set the timer for 1 minute stirring constantly for the 1 minute. Take it off the burner and ladle it into the sterilized jars, wipe top edge and put on lids. Put the jars of jam in a boiling water bath and boil for 15 minutes. WhaLa! Delicious Peach Jam! We probably made 6 or so batches.
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| Elisa and I jammin fools |
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| Summertime, sunflowers and parrots |
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| All a growing love bird needs, oranges and sunflower seeds |
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| A face only a Mum could love! |
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| The goldfinches love the seeds from the sunflowers too |
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| Jules climbing up to wash her hands in my green room |
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| I think I'll wash rubber ducky too and maybe let him go for a swim |
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| Farmer Jules |
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| Mama and baby chicks from across the street |
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| Jules loves them, but can't understand why they got too big to sit in her hand. She points to the palm of her hand wanting them to be little enough and tame enough to perch there again |
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