I kept meaning to can the berries but hadn't gotten around to it. Well, the time had come. I was tired of digging around them.
First step: pull out all the bags and let the berries defrost.
I wasn't sure how many pints jars the berries would fill, so I started off with a dozen. Then two dozen. Final count, thirty (and a half). (The jar in front is a half-pint jar.)
They look like little soldiers all lined up, don't they?
Making the syrup.
Filling the jars with syrup.
Scalding the lids and rings.
Processing in a water bath. Took two bouts with two kettles each to get them all done.
A long over-due job. Now we have more room in the freezer.
They look great. How long do you have to process them?
ReplyDeletekathy in ms
18 minutes at a rolling boil (for our elevation).
Delete- Patrice
Wow, that is a huge amount of berries. How many bushes do you have?
ReplyDeleteAbout 15 mature bushes, another 24 immature. Almost all the harvest came from the mature bushes.
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Yes chipmunk, what an awesome sight!
DeleteWhat will you do with the jarred blueberries?
ReplyDeleteDebbie in MA
I wish I could grow blueberries! They don't do at all well in my area. I am trying Honeyberries and we do have a few Service berries.
ReplyDeleteA taste of spring?' The old dog dragged in a wood tick three days ago. I dragged one in two days ago running out to close up the coop after a day of snow squalls! REALLY?!! If anyone wonders about the best wood tick repellent, just send me, the 'family tick magnetic' out first to sweep the area. I will pick up 90+% of them! Natokadn
Envious! Our soil is too alkaline for blueberries.
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