After a delightfully restful weekend at the cabin, I came home with loads of plums, all very ripe and ready for jelly.
I love making jelly as it reminds me of both of my grandmothers. Granny had some of the best plum trees in her yard and so did Big Mama. They both made jelly and I learned much from them both.
You can see more about the process here from a post I made a few years ago during my jelly making. Last night I made 15 jars and have enough juice squeezed to make about that much more!
I love the equipment you use to make jelly especially the little funnel cup in the lower right of the photo that belonged to Big Mama. 🙂
I picked them.
And washed them.
And cooked the pitted plums with a cup of water to get all that good juice going.
And once the cooked plums cooled a little, I squeezed the wonderful plum juice.
And then back into the pot the juice goes with sugar and Sure Jell. I’ve used Sure Jell for years and it always makes great jelly. Just follow their directions.
Ladle the cooked jelly into the prepared jars…
And then you have the finished product ready to share with friends. (Notice Truman, always in the background, giving instructions.)
Up on Twin Mountain in West Virginia yesterday we walked along the orchard road. Along with the apple trees there is a long row of plum trees.
The plums are dark purple but they show up blue on the trees. Really beautiful! And the trees are loaded. 
Aren’t they great??? Just waiting to be ready to make into jelly!
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