So we have one vine of grapes that are ripe and ready to go. Luckily my mom is out here this week to help with Dex while Rich is up at the fair so she taught me how to make grape juice and grape jelly. It's surprisingly easy. First you start with grapes.
Then you put them in this fancy smancy steam cooker thing that my mom has which will cook all the juice out of the grapes without having to smash them and running they through a cheese cloth.
So once you get the juice you have to boil it with pectin this stuff you buy specifically for canning and then add a ton of sugar and butter surprisingly, this is so it doesn't foam. Who knew, then ta da!
So now we have a bunch of jelly! Which is great because I think it will make a cute present for all our neighbors this Christmas.
On a sad note John Conner has passed. We left for Idaho this week to get ready for the fair and something happened I don't know exactly what but I came home on Friday to find him in a better place. *sniff*
RIP John Conner
