... goodness my pantry is now full again with pots of jam and jelly. |'ve been toiling away, boiling and sieving and trying to use up the apples which keep cascading from my tree, the blackberries which | keep collecting, and the plums and damsons | bought ...

... JAM TIME Apples falling off the tree sent me into a spin this month, because it was all far too soon, and | wasn’t ready for the stupendous harvest which is coming in October. Our apple tree is simply bowed down under apples this year. | don’'t think ...

... take some of the wild harvest. Elderberries make good wine, sloes will be used for slge gin, crab apples turned into crab apple jelly and blackberries frozen. Yes, it's certainly harvest time in the countryside — for everyone! How to become a Young Crusader: ...

... little at a time, add a hint of green food colourant and freeze. Do the same with blackberries and it is surprising how you can gain effect by layering the two colours in a jelly mould or by just cutting them into cubes and mixing in a fruit dish. We have ...