Blackberries..From the bush to jam, syrup and PIE!!

Todd and I got inspired to pick blackberries so we could have blackberry pie. It is one of our favorites and Mom makes a mean pie. We then decided maybe we should pick enough to make jam since we have the supplies and that is exactly what we did. After about an hour of picking with some help from the kids we ended up with enough blackberries to make 10 jars of jam, one blackberry pie and two jars of blackberry syrup. We had so much fun making everything and can't wait to have pancakes with our freshly made syrup. So far the canning is going well for us. I think next its going to be applesauce because everyone we know has apple trees.

The pie turned out delicious and mom found the recipe here at http://www.grouprecipes.com/28126/blackberry-pie.html . We had it warm with vanilla ice cream last night and today it has set and is nice and firm. Usually we end up with runny pie so it is great that it stayed together.