JD's Sunshine Jams and Such

JD's Sunshine Jams and Such Traditional and Unique jams, jellies, vinegars, relishes, pickles and other preserves Janice creates interesting foods, many from our garden.

We grow strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and haskap berries. Also tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, corn, carrots, beans, and beets. These foods and store bought produce is made into jams, jellies, sauces, pie fillings, pickles, relishes, and flavoured vinegars. All products produced are gluten free. The garden is naturally grown with no pesticides.

08/28/2026

In Janice's little canning business for the month of August she has canned 268 jams, 16 relishes, 15 salsas, 38 Hot Pickled Garlic, 372 pickles, 70 Brandied Peaches, 8 James Peachy Keen Hot sauce, and 39 vinegars. And tomorrow we are bottling more vinegars.

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08/26/2026

My target this year was to pick 100lbs of blackberries. Target reached! That probably isn't enough to sustain orders for the year, but there is still time to pick. I am up to 109lbs so far. Janice picked 80lbs of beans last week, and canned over 140 jars. Now she is working on the 44 cucumbers we harvested, plus keeping up with orders. Maybe when we turn 70yrs, in a few months, we should think about retiring.??

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08/06/2026

Janice is experimenting again. Brandied cherries!

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Tis the season for Brandied peaches. Janice started processing some yesterday.
08/03/2026

Tis the season for Brandied peaches. Janice started processing some yesterday.

07/01/2026

Happy Canada Day!! Although not a day off. I already picked raspberries. Janice is out picking Tayberries. Now I am going to work with the Soke Lions a the Canada Day celebration in Fred Milne Park (soccer fields).

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06/06/2026

Haskap or not to Haskap? The University of Saskatchewan examined the Siberian Haskap and determined it had more antioxidants than blueberries. That makes it a healthy choice for consumption. We started growing Haskaps and making jam. But it has not taken off as a desirable product. Do we wait for the market to realize its value, or sell the plants and make room for more raspberries, which is our number one product? Decisions, decisions!

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06/02/2026

Slugs a problem? An old remedy for eliminating slugs is to set out a bowl of b**r. The slugs readily climb in and drown. The plants are saved.

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05/31/2026

26 pounds of strawberries picked in May. Here is a tip for growers. Now is the time to clip the runners off. The theory is that will send more energy into berry production. Runners will still grow after the berry season. So no loss cutting them now.

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05/26/2026

We have been busy filling orders, planting, and harvesting. The beans, and peas are in the ground. We already have new strawberries in the freezer, as well as haskap berries. And Janice has made time to beautify our property with many flowers.

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2456 Sooke River Road
Sooke, BC
V9Z0X7

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+12505892304

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