It was going to be a wonderful weekend, then Momma came in with the mailbox & post in the back of the truck. So, off o the lumberyard With new post aboard we set out to replace the broken one.
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There then ensued a comedy of errors you would not believe two adults could commit. I cut the new post 8 inches too short. Then filled the hole 6 inches too full with gravel that Momma scraped from the driveway. So then we got out the Genie shop-vac and 150 feet of cord to remove excess gravel because I couldn’t reach to the bottom without knocking more dirt into the hole. Finally, on the fourth try, it measured 43 inches to the bottom of the box. A call to the post office had found we needed 41-45 inches. Eureka!!
After a good nights sleep, we pitted the cherries. Having two pitters and the hands to run them meant the job was done in less than an hour. I even watched my car shows on TV at the same time.
So far we have canned 16 jars of cherry jam. Next up two batches of Danish Cherry Sauce for topping future mini cheesecakes.
Here you have—an additional 11 pints of Danish Cherry Sauce to add to our jam.
Another Michigan Fruit canned this weekend!