Recent content by MIFarmLady

Sounded like the OP had the jars and lids. No need for any other specialized canning equipment to do water bath. I've water bathed jars in a stock pot. Granted, the canner will fit more jars but any pot will get the job done.

Inversion canning is not safe. Rather than inverting them, why not water bath them? Then you know they're safe.

Elderberries are on the list to add. Not sure where we'll put them or what I'll do with them yet. I never had a paw paw until a few years ago when we went down to the Paw Paw Festival in OH. They are so good!

It is. We are very blessed here. We have mulberries, gooseberries, black raspberries, wild grapes, wild blackberries, black walnuts and hickories. Trying to get paw paws going but I haven't had much luck so far.

It is about all I can do not to crack open a jar and diving in with a spoon. I'd never had gooseberry jam before so wasn't sure I'd like it. Hope the customers at the farmer's market like it. We have 1 gooseberry bush. I really need to try to propagate that into more bushes. Took me 2 years to...

Thanks for the help. Made the jam today. I really like it. It's tart and, to me, tastes like a cross between cranberry sauce and plums.

Thanks. The pectin did come with recipes. I just wasn't sure if I could use that one since gooseberries weren't listed as one of the fruits.

I am looking for a low sugar recipe for gooseberry jam. It needs to be safe for canning as I plan to can the jam and sell it at the farmer's market. I have the Sure Jell low sugar pectin so I'd like a recipe that uses that. Does anyone have a good recipe? Thanks for any help you can provide.