Yesterday, the weather was perfect. It was warm but not too hot, not very humid, and there was a nice breeze. The rose hips are ready and I went out to the beach with Lisa to pick some. It was just the thing to do on my birthday!
I saw beach peas and sea beans, too, but didn't have a whole lot of time so didn't go exploring. I did get a bag full of rose hips, ultimately about 10 cups once they were all cleaned. These were simmered for an hour with 2 quarts of water and drained through a jelly bag. I got about 6 cups of rose hip juice. I'll use a bunch for jelly in the next day or so, and then save the rest for smoothies - that rose hip mulberry smoothie was really terrific and I'll try to recreate that with some other berry.
For my birthday dinner, we had a pork roast, topped with my only jar of black walnut applesauce. Yum. The kids and my husband made a fabulous chocolate cake, with my raspberry jam as the filling between the layers and chocolate whipped cream for the frosting.
It was a perfect day.
I saw beach peas and sea beans, too, but didn't have a whole lot of time so didn't go exploring. I did get a bag full of rose hips, ultimately about 10 cups once they were all cleaned. These were simmered for an hour with 2 quarts of water and drained through a jelly bag. I got about 6 cups of rose hip juice. I'll use a bunch for jelly in the next day or so, and then save the rest for smoothies - that rose hip mulberry smoothie was really terrific and I'll try to recreate that with some other berry.
For my birthday dinner, we had a pork roast, topped with my only jar of black walnut applesauce. Yum. The kids and my husband made a fabulous chocolate cake, with my raspberry jam as the filling between the layers and chocolate whipped cream for the frosting.
It was a perfect day.
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