Berry time @ Glen Mar!

It's berry time! 2nd batch of black raspberries. Batch #1 was on 7/4. The larger berries are as big as a nickel.

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Jammin' @ Christmas time!

I usually make my black raspberry jam in September but never got around to it. Ircink family pierogi gathering this evening and I wanted to get some jam to my aunts and uncle. 23, 8-ounce jars. 32 last year. I swear I had the same amount of quart bags of raspberries. I did have the same amount.

Odd.

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Blueberries. 2014.

First black raspberries of the season! Popped overnight. Yeahhh for me! 

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make jam. not war.

Can you imagine if countries made jam and had competitions instead of killing each other? Not just jam though - the planting of the shrubs, tending to the bushes, harvesting, freezing. Why do I always have to think of this shit?

Well I did my part today. 32 - 8 ounce jars. That's what 9 quart bags will yield. 12 more jars than last year. Black raspberry...from the gardens here at Glen Mar.

Do you like jam? Probably cheaper in the store. This is special schtuff.

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First batch.

Black raspberries at Glen Mar. Half a quart. Lots more to come. Last year I made 20, 8 ounce jars of jam. We'll see....

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Black raspberry jam.

From the berry crop at Glen Mar. Doubled my output from 2011. Oddly, canned just three days earlier than last year.

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Black raspberries @ Glen Mar!

I didn't harvest my first berries last year until mid-July. Shoulda remembered from last year to wear a long-sleeved shirt. Ouch.

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Pump up the jam!

Yes - on the day of the Milwaukee premiere of our short film, I canned ten 8 ounce jars of black raspberry jam...berries picked right here at Glen Mar. Messy business, canning jam. I'm still finding clumbs of raspberries all over the kitchen. It turned out excellent.

Speaking of pump up the jam, click here.

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Garden fresh.

I'm up to about 5 pounds of these bad-boy bastards...frozen. Having a jam-session fairly soon. Wanna come?

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"I don't need no stinkin' Farmtown!"

I picked my first batch of black raspberries - spent 15 minutes or so laboring - and there are literally hundreds that are ready to be picked or will be in the next 2 days AND there's hundreds that aren't ripe yet. Started with nothing but vines (is that what you call them?) on the ground and a rickety fence I built. Gonna freeze many of the berries to make jam. If you want some, come to Teachín Ircink's in Greendale.

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