I have a lot of jars in the attic. My most recent canning project was the dried fruit I used to make a mixed dried fruit wine. You make jam with the fruit after you’ve got the flavor from it for the wine. It’s a mix of mango, raisins, blueberries, cherries, etc. As the fruit was chopped I didn’t chop it when I made the jam. A few pieces are too big for my liking. Next time I may run it through a food processor. Tastes great, though.

This is the first amaryllis I’ve owned. I used to buy them for Mom when I could find different colors but never got one myself. You can get them to rebloom, but I think the trick is neglect! Obviously we can’t plant them outdoors here… they’d just freeze to death. Mom’s tend to bloom every year, but not at holidays… they are on their natural schedule. Some of them have calved, so at one time Mom had quite a few amaryllis!