Cicadas and bees are humming outside, the radio's going inside, it's hot and sticky, and I've made things even sweeter and stickier with a spot of jam-making. Thank you, K, for the bag of red-fleshed plums- we made jam with them. X
Hope your Monday is going well and you're not getting into any sticky messes.
Mmm, plum jam is my favourite. Lovely posie, too. Gives me something nice to think about at minus-eighteen centigrade just now… Thank you!
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k’s labels are so delightful
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hi binnie- eek- that is cold!
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My friend just brought me a whole heap of plums from her tree just like the ones on your bowl. I just ate the last one this morning. They where such a beautiful colour in side.
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I love the labels. I ran into a friend at the grocers this morning. She was buying imported strawberries because she had run out of her strawberry jam and had the urge to make more, even though it is well below zero degrees F and we have 3 feet of snow on the ground. Strawberry season is still 6 months off for us. I’m sure her jam tasted good, as I’m sure yours must as well!
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Hi Melissa – we’re in jam, pickle and sauce mode here too! I love the labels btw, I’m curious about how you get them to stick to the jars as I’ve just been unsuccessfully trawling google for lable sticking tips! X Claire
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hi claire,
we just used a glue stick and it seemed to work fine… good luck! 🙂
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LOL glue stick… So simple! I had all sorts of ideas for cooking up paste etc
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love the hearts on the label…only a girl would do that 🙂
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Hello! Yes, funny checking in on your sun-kissed world, while we have had grey freezing fog! can’t WAIT for Spring!!! Cxx
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yum! We were given some plums by a friend and I made a plum crumble, but now I wish I had made jam! Love the labels Keira
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Yum! And what cute labels! We’re also in jam-making, sauce-making mode here – our tomatoes are out of control, and we’re freezing them as fast as we can pick them so we can make up a big batch of sauce on Saturday. What fun!
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…love the BOWL!!
(The jam looks amazing, too!)
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Like the others, I’m a bit envious of your warm, sunshiny, bee-buzzing world. It’s minus 29 celcius right now in Ottawa. I might just have to warm up with toast and some plum jam (luckily I have some in the fridge, though not homemade sadly).
Have a sweet week!
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I love the labels!
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This post makes me sooooo happy. Partly because it’s -27C here with the windchill today, partly because I made spiced plum butter for the first time last fall and it’s my favourite, and partly because I love those sweet little labels! Thanks for brightening an otherwise cold, cold, cold day!
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oh my those labels are just too cute
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Beautiful post, melissa! It’s so surreal that you’re having summer now. Plums and flowers and warmth are so far from here at this moment 🙂
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oh my…yum. gotta love those hand crafted labels too:) this makes me long for warmer, fruitier days. it’s a little preview for me. is that a “plants and animals” audio cd up there on the shelf with the flowers?
and also…those plums look good enough to eat 🙂
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Too cute! I can’t wait for Spring, I’ve been staring longingly at my garden and the packets of seeds just WAITING to be planted!
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there is something about making jam…. and with such pretty labels, it looks even more tasty
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Homemade plum jam sounds so delicious. I keep meaning to make jam but it seems complicated. Do you use a water bath to preserve it?
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PLUMS!!
after 3 weeks of debilitating sickness of days and nights that run together and rain pouring down…
ahhhhh…plums.
The reminder of warm weather to come.
At our farm we moved to a year ago there are no less than 6 plums trees. 4 mature ones and 2 young. They were laden with fruit last year…BUT…because of the lack of pruning much of it was in the very peaks of the tree branches mocking us.
We did get to enjoy several sack fulls though.
This spring there will be pruning and much jam at my farm.
thanks for the reminder of good things to come Melissa :o)
Lori
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thank you, heather! the bowl was made by a local potter called Steve Fullmer (I think hes originally from california.) i love it too 🙂
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nicole! i cant believe its minus 29- i didnt realise it even GOT that cold!
keep warm and cosy…
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hi jenna,
thank you! yes- its a plants and animals cd- its been good listening this summer 🙂
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hi julia, no i dont use a water bath but i do sometimes if im preserving pieces of fruit in jars. for the jam, i placed the jars and lids in the oven for half an hour or so (on medium heat) to sterilise them.
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hi lori, i hope you are all feeling better soon! yes, warm weather will return to you soon.. 🙂
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Lovely flowers, roll on Spring!
Not plum jam time here, must get some seville oranges as we are eating the very last jar from last year.
Carol xx
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You’ve got me inspired in getting onto making some Jam too ~ there’s a whole load of plums just starting to ripen on my tree in the backyard!
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Now you know why I’m a crazy knitter.
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Yes, it’s pretty cold, but it’s all part of my beloved winter. I actually went for a ski today. The trick is to bundle up and never stop moving!
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i never would have imagined listening to the sound of plants 🙂 i’ll have to check that out, actually. i always put on music for my daughter’s naps and just maybe this could be a nice addition to our collection 🙂
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i love the labels 🙂 your pictures make me long for summer.
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i’ve been doing a bit of the same with the plums from our tree. it’s so sweet & yummy & of course sticky. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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I love your labels! One of my favorite things about the work my little one brings home from school is her little girl’s printing.
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