Jamming

One of my favourite jam recipes is Canadian Living’s Strawberry Vanilla Jam. It’s been a couple years since I made a batch, due to our renovations and such, so I was really craving getting some going this year before strawberry season is done for the year. But of course I now have an infant, so canning…

We be jammin’

Yesterday was the first of my two-day G20 holiday, and all week the weather report for Thursday has been up and down. One minute it was calling for rain, the next for sun. My plans vacillated between gardening (of which there is always work to be done) and making jam. I wasn’t going to bother…

Growing my own strawberries this year

Last year I planted a couple strawberry plants in my side bed where it’s quite sunny, as a bit of an experiment. I don’t have a lot of veggie space to devote full time to strawberries, but I thought it might be nice to pick a couple handfuls of berries now and then. Last year…