Bonjour from Campagne Maison
It must be all the rain that we have gotten over the past couple of months! The apple trees produced early and now the grapes!
I have been making Apple Jelly and Apple Butter for the past week and actually wasn't expecting the grapes to be ready for a couple more weeks. I happened to go out and check the vines yesterday afternoon and was surprised to see them loaded with luscious ripe grapes. I picked and cleaned ten quarts on the first harvest and the vines are still producing. Looks like the next few days I will be found in the kitchen making jelly and jam! It is alot of work but I really enjoy the entire process--from the harvesting to the eating.
Thanks for stopping by the farmhouse for a visit today. We love having company.
Au revoir,
4 comments:
As a city girl transplanted to the rolling farmlands of Lancaster County, PA, one of the first things I learned to do is put up my own jellies and jams. A lot of work and prep but I loved it. Like making soap, there is joy in the ritual of producing your own. I bet your kitchen smells heavenly. Sea Witch
Hi Jacque,
I've never heard of Apple Jelly or Apple Butter....isn't that weird? Sure sounds yummy though. Those grapes look beautifully delicious.
~Ana♥
Beautiful grapes - I love that dusky purple.
Your French newspaper is FINALLY in the mail - yesterday (hanging my head in procrastinator's shame)
Lorrie
Sea Witch--yes, the farmhouse smells like a fragrant potpourri with the cinnamon and cloves from the Apple Butter!
Ana--Well, I will post the recipe to the Apple Butter on my blog a little later. I love it but it may be something that a person has to aquire a taste for, one of those things that you will either love or hate, no in-between.
The grapes do make a delicious jelly and jam. My grandson happens to think that his "mamaw" which is ME, makes the best! That is worth the making, for sure.
Thanks Lorrie--that gives me something exciting to look forward to--I can hardly wait for it to arrive!
Thanks for the comments ladies!
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