It's jelly season!

And Oh I am so happy! The trees have all started bearing their fruit, and for some of us its already time to start picking.

Already this season we've had Mayhaws, Blackberries, and for some of us red plums are already ready! It's nice to take something so natural and wholesome (and also DELICIOUS) and make something out of it! Now I have to say with all the rain we've had down here in Texas I'm just proud that fruit even made!

I'll say though, getting Mayhaws was not fun because of how high the water was! We had to wade through it just to get to the trees, and catching the fruit as it drifted away was even harder. This was my first time to pick Mayhaws though - and perhaps that's something best left to the boys to get?

Blackberries on the other hand - well everyone who has ever picked wild blackberries knows exactly how ... tough it can be! Thorns and thorns and on some occasions, snakes. Fortunately I have not yet seen any snakes while I was picking, but I know they can be out there! What made it tough was the ground was so wet (did I mention it's been raining?) the ground just sucks your feet in, and a LOT of the berries were washed away. It definitely wasn't easy but I did finally get some blackberries !

And then we have plums! Stone fruits need a lot more sun to ripen (at least it seems that way!) and with all the rain we've had, the sun hasn't really shown it's face much, All of my plums picked rather easily today, some few were red, but the majority were yellow. Please note, I *DO* still pick fruits when they're not perfectly ripe. Slightly unripe fruit has higher amounts of natural pectin which means it'll jell better.

I'm so happy for jelly making season!