Mmm, Strawberries!

The strawberries are on at this little place here.

We first picked about a week and a half ago, just a quart the first day.  Then on Sunday afternoon, it was five quarts, and I made 4 of them into 18 half-pints of jam.  The other quart went for strawberry shortcake.

This afternoon DD2 and I picked about 7 1/2 quarts.

Four of those quarts are now 19 half-pints of jam cooling on the island in the kitchen.  I'll take 12 to the farmers' market next week, and keep the rest for us.  We don't ever buy strawberry jam from the store.  Not in at least ten years. Mine is better ;0) .   I try to make at least 24 jars for us, and if the kids eat it all by January, well, they just have to wait until June to have more.