Made by Bev

06/03/2026

I think I'll make some this summer.

05/30/2026

Before and after canning pickled asparagus.
Preserving the harvest is really a blessing but there is a fine balance between when it is ready and when I am ready. There is no waiting for time when it's grown. I truly feel we have gone so far from what nature intended. We have forgotten the harvest and the valuable time in preserving it. It's not something to rush through and it's best spent with good company.
The asparagus and rhubarb are usually the first spring projects I work with and even though I am exhausted and coming off an overnight shift at my real.life job I had a good time just processing the old recipes, talking with Mom and reminiscing about how things used to be done.
If I had my way it would be much more often I'd find myself in the kitchen.
Today was rhubarb relish which is my absolute favorite, rhubarb salsa which my mom likes and the pickled asparagus. The asparagus has lemon, tarragon, onion, black pepper seed, mustard seed in a vinegar blend.

05/15/2026

Pickled fiddleheads
Low sugar strawberry jam
Low sugar strawberry rhubarb jam
Strawberry jam
Strawberry/rhubarb/blueberry jam
Candied jalapenos
LIMITED jars of strawberry honey jalapeno jam(NEW)
I'm trying to make more healthy options this year so keep an eye out for the low sugar jams, pickled veges with more herbs and honey and limited sugar. It's hard to work around state requirements affordably but I really hope to make it work.

04/26/2026

04/16/2026

Any takers? I'll be adding this to my recipe collection this summer!

02/17/2026

Apple pie jam!! Lovely chunks of apple with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger. Rumor has it it's great on pancakes!

Blueberry apple jam. Lovely color and great on home made bread or biscuits!!

Blueberry rhubarb for all you rhubarb fans out there. This has no pectin added. Just fruit sugar and a little lemon juice. The mild flavor of the blueberry balances great with the tart rhubarb for that summer taste.

Apples are honey crisp from Cooper Farms Stand
Blueberries are from Cummings blueberry field this past summer.
Rhubarb is grown from a local farmer(family plants from my dad's childhood)

01/29/2026

The kitchen smells like summer! And it's so warm!
Strawberry Rhubarb jam
Strawberry jam - regular and low sugar
Blueberry jam- low sugar
Strawberry blueberry jam - low sugar

11/10/2025

Well that's a yummy repurpose use for the extra lids I have hanging around.

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08/24/2025

Corn salsa
Peach salsa
Dill pickles
Swedish pickles
I tackle things as they are ready and I usually have no say in what is ready to harvest when I want it the most. The biggest challenge of harvesting/preserving crops!!
But I always find joy in whatever I find available and it gives me a chance to reset my brain from chaos of every day life.

08/24/2025

Salsa day!!
Love the cilantro and lime scent!!!!