Making Damson Jam.

Despite having a very wet September.we have had an abundance of fruit. A warm and sunny Spring,with beautiful blossom on the apple.pear and damson trees,have produced a great crop of fruit on the trees. The children have had such a good time picking and enjoying the apples and pears as well as giving the “fall”to the horses. There has been an amazing crop of damsons so last week we gathered damsons to make jam.We then washed the fruit,weighed them and put  them into the preserving pan to start the process!The next day after the fruit had simmered on the stove, we sieved it to release the stones. All had a turn at this and it was another good practical life activity!We measured the liquid and I finished the jam making that evening! All helped pour it into pots and proudly brought home their own pot of jam!