You will need:
- 4 cups of strawberries chopped and slightly smashed
- 4 tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 7 cups of sugar
- 1 packet of liquid pectin
It all begins with the fresh picked strawberries 4 quarts and I made two batches of jam 
Then I took the stems off of all of them and sliced them into a bowl, they were little so some of them only took a slice in half, then I took a lemon and with my lemon squeezer squeezed the juice out, about 4 tablespoons worth
Making jam is so messy, I use the green mashed to smush them a little bit in the bowl, it is really meant to be a mint crusher for mojitos but works perfect for jam…
This could be an ad for Ball, but it is not, I just think they make the best canning supplies, I have always used their lids and rims, and I tried their liquid pectin for the first time in this batch and it worked wonderful, I kept it in the fridge and then sniped off the top before I started, becasue you do not want to be messing around with scissors when you have a pot of boiling jam trying to pour the pectin in…
After adding the fruit and the lemon, stir in all of the sugar, then you turn that burner on and let it cook until the boil is so rolling that you cannot stir the bubbles down… 
I did not can this jam as i wanted to make enough so that everyone received it as a bonus item with their veggies today, So I let it cool a wee bit and then ladled it into these little plastic containers and promptly put it into the fridge, becasue this jam is not can sealed you will need to keep it in the fridge until you eat it all up! 
Resting in the fridge Jam for all our members 
Happy First Day of the CSA!!!
