SHAGBARK FARM - ADAMS COUNTY, OHIO

 

FARM OPERATION
WHAT WE OFFER
Fresh Fruit
Dam Good Jam
Mushrooms
Hickory Products
Herbal Products
Wild Edibles
Honey

AT MARKET
OUR RECIPES
BOOKS & GADGETS

 

Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving

The Amish Canning Cookbook: Plain and Simple Living at Its Homemade Best

 

DAM GOOD JAM

One of our customers gave us the name:
"You guys make dam good jam".
It stuck with us....

We make dam good jam because we grew it, we foraged it or we know exactly which of our neighboring farmer friends we got it from.

Some other jam purveyors are buying bags of frozen fruit from big box "club" stores and claiming to create "farm fresh" jam for market. Or you're going to find bizarre blends that make the fruit component go further, or mask the fruit taste all together. Beats us why anyone would mask fruit flavor, unless it's not good tasting fruit in the first place! It's easy to say "we use only the freshest ingredients", but we don't bother unless the ingredients really are stellar. We can tell you exactly where our fruit came from - and when!

We use old time methods and recipes. There is a science to a truly good old-time jam. Jams without sugar and pectin in our opinion are lesser quality jams. Each type of fruit contains the natural thickeners(pectin) you need for the right jam consistency. Jams without pectin are cooked a long time until all the nutrients are gone in order to get that jam consistency. Pectin is a naturally occurring substance found in berries, apples and other fruit. When heated together with sugar, it causes the thickening. Pectin is a soluble fiber which is good for the digestive tract, among other health benefits.

       
       
     
       

Getting the right balance of fruit, pectin and sugar is the science part of jam making. Sugar is a natural preservative, so there is a given amount needed to make a preserve. You need to understand the ripeness of the fruit, the acidic content and the freshness of the fruit in order to prepare a jam that is more fruit than sugar and that sets up just right - every time. Folks new to jam making don't yet understand that and that's why we make dam-good-jam. We've been at it since 1989 and selling it at market since 2009.

 
 
 

Grateful Gnome - Hummingbird Feeder - Hand Blown Glass

DAM GOOD JAMS WE'RE KNOWN TO MAKE

All are as available by season. We make batch amounts based on the harvest. If we have a bumper there's lots! When they're gone, they're gone till next year!

CULTIVATED
STRAWBERRY - (Spring).
RHUBARB - (Spring).
STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB - (Spring).
RED RASPBERRY - (Summer).
BLACKBERRY- (Summer).
REGGAE JAM - (Summer).
TOMATO JAM - (Summer).
PEACH- (Summer).
BLUEBERRY - (Summer).
MELON - (late Summer).
SWEET CHERRY - (late Summer).
GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY - (late Summer).
CAPE GOOSEBERRY - (late Summer).
CONCORD GRAPE - (late Summer).
GROUND CHERRY - (late Summer).
FRENCH APPLE - (late Summer).
PEAR - (late Summer).
SPICED APPLE BUTTER - (Autumn).

FORAGED

DANDELION PETAL - (Spring).
WILD BLACKBERRY -
(late Summer).
ELDERBERRY - (late Summer).
SPICED PAWPAW -
(Autumn).
AUTUMN BERRY - (Autumn).
AMERICAN PERSIMMON - (harvested late fall, offered in Spring).

       
       
     
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