Today, I created a treasury for the vestiesteam challange. I created it because this time of year reminds me of canning. As a little girl, I would get to help can tomatoes, corn and apples. It was hot, but fun. Now that I am all grown up and live in an one of the few parts of Iowa with poor soil, I don't have a garden. To get berries and apples, I go to the Berry Patch Farm near Nevada, Iowa. For tomatoes, I go to Granger and buy from a "pick your own" Amish farm. I still love to can. There is a huge sense of pride at looking into a jar of something you know you did yourself and how wonderful it will taste in the dead of winter.
This Saturday, I will be going to the Berry Patch Farm and picking blueberries and raspberries. My father expects jam for Christmas and his birthday. I will not disappoint. He hoards it through the winter so he has enough until I make it again for him the next summer. I love that about him. He brags to his buddies about his daughters jam. I am proud of that.
Here is the treasury:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTEyNTUxMzd8NTMwMDUxOTMy/joyful-childhood-memories-of-canning-the