This year was such a long spring that the strawberries didn't ripen up very early. I thought it would be perfect to take Mia the week before I started my Whitworth class to pick at Greenbluff like we have the past 2 years. I knew that I wouldn't be able to take her once class started since it was from 8 am to 4 pm every day. Whew! That wasn't fun. But anyway, we went up and everything was dead quiet and closed. I silently stewed in my class all week that I was going to miss picking with Mia and making freezer jam this year. (we have all been dying for some since we ran out a few months back). THANK GOODNESS the weather decided to cooperate and the strawberries lasted well into July (never happens) and so Shelby got to go with us too. We picked around 16 pounds and made lots of jam. We also found out that the liquid pectin does not work with freezer jam (though it says it does) so we ended up with some syrup too. Yum.
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