Hi from Wisconsin, Zone 4/5

[Debbie292d]

Hi!

If you're on BYC, then we've already met. If not, I'm glad to meet new folks!

I've been working on getting more native plants growing down by our creek. We've also got a small orchard of fruit trees, like peach, plum, and apple, where the property they're on, we grow wildflowers.

We have a garden where we grow corn, sunflowers, and tomatoes, mostly, but always kale for the chickens. We also have a plethora of seedless purple grapes and raspberries.

Does anyone have a grape jam/jelly recipe? We tried one last year with Sure-Jell, and I'm not sure what went wrong, but it stayed pretty liquid. The orioles love it, though, so it's not gone to waste.

 

[flowerbug]

i've only made Concord Grape jam and the recipe needs no additional pectin because they suggest picking the grapes and including some that are not fully ripe. those green grapes have plenty of pectin.

i doubt that all varieties of grapes have the same thing going for them, but perhaps looking up the pectin content of the grape varieties you have might help?