Easy recipe for canning rose petal jam.
How to Can Rose Petal Jam We moved to live closer to the mountains a few years ago. One of the wonderful things we are now enjoying is the beauty of wild roses every May-June. I have been looking for ways to preserve the scent of these beautifully fragrant flowers. This year I am canning…
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Tips for making and canning cherry jam with liquid pectin. Easy recipe for beginning canners.
It’s cherry season again, and time to start canning cherry jam! Cherry jam is very easy to make. This recipe uses liquid pectin. Cherry Jam Recipe Ingredients: 4 1/2 c. fully ripe cherries, pitted and finely chopped*7 c. sugar2 pouches liquid pectin *You can either remove the pits by hand or you can use a…
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How to make rose simple syrup. Easy recipe for canning rose syrup.
I love this time of year when the wild roses start blooming. I have tried a few recipes using these wonderfully fragrant rose petals. This year I decided to try making and canning rose simple syrup. Note: You don’t have to can this recipe, you can make just a pint or two and put…
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canning fig jam
On Thursday last week I looked in the refrigerator and saw the plate full of figs were starting to turn brown. Neither my husband or I are big fig eaters but I still didn’t want them to be wasted. I checked an old preserving book that my mother gave me not long ago to…
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This DIY produce rinse is a natural vinegar based homemade vegetable and fruit wash that is great for removing insecticides, pesticides, and fertilizers from produce.
I have to admit, I have never given a lot of thought to what is on my fruit and vegetables when I buy them from the store. I do rinse them off with water, but to make sure all pesticides and fertilizers have been removed from them, it is best to rinse them off with…
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