Just as the Saskatoon berries start to dry out, a new prairie berry emerges: the chokecherry! Chokecherries are very astringent, so they don't taste good when you eat them straight off of the tree. However, when you extract the juice and add copious amounts of sugar, they're ... Continue Reading
Delicious Maple Spice Crab Apple Butter
Do you have a favourite smell? One that brings back all your favourite memories? Of crisp autumn days or happy times in the kitchen? If I could pick one smell, it would be crab apples. Their pretty red pink might also win for best colour too, but I digress. One of my ... Continue Reading
3 Ways to Get Rid of Thrips (Plus 1 Method I Haven’t Tried)
As a gardener, all winter long you dream of growing delightful dahlias, stunning snapdragons, and glorious glads. August finally rolls around, your flowers start blooming and all of a sudden you discover these weird little line-shaped creatures. They are everywhere! And, in some ... Continue Reading
The Three Best Ways to Juice Crab Apples
There's nothing like the taste of homemade crab apple juice, and you can't buy it in stores. If you love crab apple juice, the only way to get it is to make it yourself. And while it's a lot of work to pick the apples, make the juice, and can it, it is definitely worth ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Easy Sour Cherry Pie
When you live in a cold climate like I do, any fruit you can grow seems extra special. We have two cherry trees on our acreage, and every year I look forward to harvesting those trees. Sour cherries have come a long way since the Nanking cherries of my youth. I love the newer U ... Continue Reading
How to Harvest and Preserve Sour Cherries Like a Boss
July and August are busy months for the Saskatchewan berry picker. Strawberries start off in July, followed by Saskatoon berries, raspberries, and then, finally, sour cherries. Of the four, sour cherries are my favourite. Yes, they are a lot of work, but they are well worth the ... Continue Reading
Sour Cherry Jelly
My son and I are sour cherry jam and jelly fiends. It's ridiculous. Last time I made sour cherry jam, we ate four jars within a month. Can you relate? Or maybe this is just a kid thing... Whether you're as crazy about sour cherries as me and my kid or not, I highly ... Continue Reading
The Best Ways to Pit Sour Cherries (Even Without a Cherry Pitter)
I love picking sour cherries, but pitting them afterwards is a terrible chore! There are so many solutions that promise to be really quick, but do they actually work? And does a traditional cherry pitter actually work on smaller sour cherries? I've taken out all the guesswork ... Continue Reading
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