Today it was blackberries and peaches. The peaches are windfalls but it looks like I need to get out there and pick them as they are falling at a touch. All pretty small as, once again, I did not get them thinned as I should, it’s so hard to pick off those baby peaches! I was hoping I could just pit them and run them though the squeezo but  everything wanted me to peel them, including my conscious. I was pretty sure I’d end up with fuzz in my jam if I did it the lazy way so I peeled. I got 5 pints from the peaches and two & a half from the black berries. I didn’t notice if he took the berry bucket when he went to work on the waterworks today but he’s been gone quite a long time so it’s suspicious!

That brown spot in the background is the basket of peaches.

I measured out for a batch of jam and put the rest in ice cube trays to use in my ‘smoothies’.

I have never run the peaches though the squeezo before but I am hoping this will give me a more consistent jam. Even using the Pomona it tens to separate doing it the regular way. I end up with chopped peaches on top and peach jelly one the bottom. We’ll see. I didn’t think the last blackberry was going to set up but it did, Sis says Pomona makes it more like Jello than jelly but I don’t have any problem with it. I don’t just use juice, I use pulp so maybe that makes a difference. Or maybe I am just less picky! Anyway, none of this got sugar. The berries were sweet enough without and so, of course, were the peaches.

I’ll probably pick the rest tomorrow but won’t be making jam or canning as the laundry bin is over flowing! Kitchen is cleaned up and it time to start dinner. I’m cooking by a recipe tonight!