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Is anyone else canning this year? I was worried back in May whether pick-your-own would happen this year. Thankfully, it has.
Our favorite local place to PYO fruit (Tougas Family Farm in Northboro, MA) is allowing picking on a reservation system; masks required for all, hand washing stations before entering, groups guided to well-spaced assigned rows, no picking bulk to be weighed at the end (2- or 4-quart boxes to pick in only), etc.
Last week we picked 4 quarts of tart cherries and 4 quarts of sweet. I jammed the tart, and DW and DD ate the sweet. Tart cherry jam is one of my favorites; I leave it quite tart.
Today we picked 10 quarts of blueberries, of which 8 have become jam. Yum. Another of my favorites.
Is anyone else canning this year? I was worried back in May whether pick-your-own would happen this year. Thankfully, it has.
Our favorite local place to PYO fruit (Tougas Family Farm in Northboro, MA) is allowing picking on a reservation system; masks required for all, hand washing stations before entering, groups guided to well-spaced assigned rows, no picking bulk to be weighed at the end (2- or 4-quart boxes to pick in only), etc.
Last week we picked 4 quarts of tart cherries and 4 quarts of sweet. I jammed the tart, and DW and DD ate the sweet. Tart cherry jam is one of my favorites; I leave it quite tart.
Today we picked 10 quarts of blueberries, of which 8 have become jam. Yum. Another of my favorites.
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