Over the past few weeks I picked a lot of wild grapes at the stables. In addition to a small bag of mixed foraged fruits (grapes, elderberries, and blackberries so far) I got over 3 pounds of grapes to make a batch of jelly. Today I extracted the juice from the grapes and left it to drain for a few hours while I ran a few errands.
One of those errands was to check out the foraging on the bike path. Last year I'd found hops growing wild on the path so I went back to get more. I must have just missed the peak of the season as many of the flowers had turned brown but I was still able to find enough to add to a batch of beer. I'm drying them now and then I'll put them in the freezer until we're ready to brew. The other thing I grabbed was a bunch of black walnuts. I drove over them with the car to get the husks off and brought them home to dry. I got about 20 but I think a few might be bad. I won't really know until they're ready to crack open.
After I got home, I finished the batch of grape jelly - 9 cups in total. I only canned 8 cups, though, and the rest is in the fridge.
One of those errands was to check out the foraging on the bike path. Last year I'd found hops growing wild on the path so I went back to get more. I must have just missed the peak of the season as many of the flowers had turned brown but I was still able to find enough to add to a batch of beer. I'm drying them now and then I'll put them in the freezer until we're ready to brew. The other thing I grabbed was a bunch of black walnuts. I drove over them with the car to get the husks off and brought them home to dry. I got about 20 but I think a few might be bad. I won't really know until they're ready to crack open.
After I got home, I finished the batch of grape jelly - 9 cups in total. I only canned 8 cups, though, and the rest is in the fridge.
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