Growing My Way to Freedom #19: Sweet Crab Apple Jelly
Every year I like to try something new. This year I thought I would use some of the crab apples growing behind our house to make jelly. It was raining gently when my sons and I went down to pick the crab apples so I did not bring my camera. In between splashing in puddles, we filled a large bowl. The most fun for the boys was climbing the ladder. They also found the temptation to drop crab apples on someone’s head very difficult to resist. They ate so many of the little apples, I wasn’t sure we would have enough left to make jelly. Back home, we rinsed them, removed stems, leaves and bad spots, and tossed them in the steam juicer. It took a very long time to juice them. In hinds...
