Our new Oregon home came with a nice row of well established blueberry bushes. I didn't expect too much from them - between the birds and the deer - but thanks (probably) to this year's quirky winter/spring weather, we've got a bumper crop of the best darned blueberries I've had since I was a kid picking wild ones on Cape Cod. Spent the evening creating purple mayhem in the kitchen and now have myself a dozen gleaming pints of lightly spiced blueberry jam. Has been ages since I "jammed," and I'd forgotten how easy it is. May have to whip up another batch for Christmas gifts - I come from a long line of blueberry lovers. The plums are just getting ripe...note to self: buy more jars.
