2008 Grape Harvest Festival

Fall is here and that means it's time to harvest concord grapes in our backyard.

Every year that's we've been at this house I've made wine. Well, this year Elle is older and can help so instead of making wine we thought she'd prefer to make grape jelly. Her favorite sandwich is Peanut butter and jelly.

We set outside early this morning in the rain to pick'em. I clipped the grapes from the vine and Elle put the in the bucket. Johanna was in the house preparing all the essentials. Boiling our jars and getting all the pots that we needed ready. After about 30-40 minutes of picking we came in out of the rain.

Every year when I make wine I do it alone. It takes all day and it's hard work. This year was a treat since the 3 us all worked together. J did a ton of work! All the prep work and cooking and canning. We had 8 jars an sure enough we made exactly that.

They're currently cooling on the stove top. Once they're cooled they'll be ready to spread on some bread. Oh wait... no they won't. Being a designer/package designer I'll have to finish this product off just right. It needs a label and a name...

"Ellie Jelly".

Hopefully it'll make the local store shelves this winter!
It's Rhodie fresh!

I'll be sure to post the final package design here. Stay tuned!