Doing the Can-Can

It's that time of year! First up was cherries this year. We partnered with our neighbors to show them how to can and experimented even! Our neighbors are growing a healthy garden of peppers and we tried Hot Cherry. Basically you boil down cherries with finely chopped Fresno chili peppers and viola! You have a hot and sweet cracker spread.

To avoid looking like mass murderers as we pit cherries and topped strawberries, Vin thoughtfully brought home some powder and latex-free gloves so we could work relatively unstained. Two flats of strawberries and four bowls of cherries later, we had five gallons of fruit to make a year's worth of jam!

Next to can will be our peach tree and hopefully our plum that has been producing very well for its first year!