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Originally Posted by gerberadaisy

Where do you guys get all these fruits/berries to make all this wonderful jam?

We have some great pick-your-own farms around here. Great prices, and a fun activity for the kids. This year we picked strawberries, blueberries ($1.50/lb), blackberries ($1.85/lb), and peaches ($.60/lb). We've already made strawberry jam and 2 batches of blackberry jam. The blueberries are usually eaten before we get home! This weekend we'll do peach jam and grape jelly. And if we can pick pears from my neighbor's tree, I'll try to make pear butter or something.

I calculated the costs today, and if I have to buy the jars and everything, the most it costs me to make jam is about $1.60/jar, which is definitely less than what I pay for store-brand preserves.