The pears were huge and beautiful

Cooking the pears for the pear butter

Grape jelly and juice

Grape jelly

Pear butter

Pear butter

It has been a long and busy month... for someone who has never canned before, I've done quite a bit (for me!)  We picked nearly all the grapes (merlot, red flame seedless, concord, and just plain green) and made 10 jars of grape jelly and 6 jars of grape juice.  Then I made 10 jars of peach jam from our peaches and 4 jars of pear butter from our pears!  It was a bountiful crop in the orchard this year.  Now I need to make cute labels and get things ready for Christmas gifts!

Peach jam

Peach jam