Picking Strawberries and Making Jam

This holiday weekend Lindsey, Audrey, my mom, Audrey's BFF/cousin Ava, and I picked strawberries at Thierbach Orchards in Marthasville, Missouri. Then we made freezer jam with the girls. Three lessons learned:

1. Have supplies and/or know what you are going to do with the berries BEFORE you make the trip. We had to get more Sure-Jell.
2. Know when to stop. We picked way too many berries. Plenty for a couple dozen jars of jam and plenty to freeze. 
3. Frequently check your camera lens when picking strawberries. Somehow, mine got goo on it and several of my photos have hazy spots from this.

In the future, I may try a freezer jam recipe that doesn't use as much sugar. Mom's is the best, but I need to try to curb the sugar where I can. Making freezer jam is easy and was such a fun lesson for the girls. Thanks to mom for the field trip, supplies, and know-how passed on to us.