Makin' jam

Before coming home from Portland, we froze all those berries we picked, in hopes that they'd make it home. Most of them thawed out, at least partially, on the way home, so there's nothing left to do but make jam. (Not that making jam is such a bad option!) Elisa and I used a gallon bag of strawberries and a gallon of raspberries to produce 14 beautiful jars of delicious homemade jam. There are still six bags of berries in the freezer.

I used the no-cook pectin and reusable sturdy plastic jam jars that stack in the freezer and won't tip over. I left a few jars in the fridge to start enjoying immediately. I'm really not sure which is more fun--making jam or eating it!