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Blackberry wine

3lb blackberries

3lb sugar

pectin

red wine yeast

Quince jelly

I was given some Quince’s the other day so decided to make some quince jelly , it will be nice at christmas with some cheese 🙂

Recipe
Wipe the fruit, cut it up roughly but do not core or peel.
Put the chopped fruit in a pan, barely cover with water and simmer until soft and pulpy.
Strain through a jelly bag overnight.
Measure the liquid, for every pint add 500g (1lb) granulated or caster sugar.
Add the sugar to the pan with the strained liquid and over a gently heat, stir until the sugar is dissolved. Once dissolved boil for 10 minutes. Test for setting by spooning a little on a plate, cool for a few minutes push your finger through the jelly and if it wrinkles it is ready for setting.
Pour into sterilized jar, seal and label.

Water into wine

 

A day on the allotment , moving raspberry canes and tidying an area up , then some baking and some wine bottling , yes more to add to my wine cellar , only 3 demijons of summer fruits, blackberry and cider to bottle now.

Sour Dough

 

A couple of my sour dough loaves , Sour dough is a one of my fav breads but I only bake it in autumn and winter as in spring and summer I’m to busy to look after the dough starter 🙂

Glen Coe

Just back from a week in Glen Coe Scotland , had a great time and just to say any honey orders will be processed this week 🙂

Sparrowhawk

Sorry for the poor photo , I have just watched a sparrow hawk take out a pigeon in my back garden , I tried to get closer but it flew off with the pigeon.

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Home made Blackberry cider

 

It was made by pressing apples from my orchard  and making up a demijon of nearly all fresh pressed apple juice and adding about a pint of heated and blended blackberries ..again from my allotment … that it nothing more just add an airlock and let nature take its course . Fermentation begins within a day or two.

Autumn change

The weather has changed form the Indian summer warmth to cooler wetter weather which can only be good for the bees and all nature which is out of sync.

On the left is set summer honey and on the right is the autumn honey I spun off the other day , it had set within 24hours.

Its that time of year to start a sour dough starter , its like a pet and the minute you forget to feed it its dead that’s why I don’t bother through the summer months when I’m far to busy to look after it 🙂