Using my new Ball Home canning book I put up 6 12 ounce jars of plum jam
this morning. Later today I will "jar" up some plum sauce from the same
book. Had to go to the store and get a hand of ginger for that.

Local market had small California red and black plums on sale for ten
for a dollar. Ending up buying 80 of them, most for jam and sauce but
many for eating. !@#$%^ squirrels got every plum, peach, persimmon, and
most of the pears before any of them could ripen. Why can't they just
eat the hot peppers, I've got plenty of those.

George