![]() ![]() I wholeheartedly agree with their vision: “…by turning this invasive species into a useful commodity, we can transform land that is overcrowded with autumn olive trees into productive, diverse, and profitable forest farms.” Amen! Now isn’t that better than chemical control? About autumn olive jam Instead, purchase frozen autumn olive berries from this company, which harvests them from the wild, for sale to you, and to restaurants. For information on how it identify it and where to forage for it (as well as its health benefits), read this.īUT, if you don’t have it in your area, please do not plant it. If you live in eastern or northwestern North America, chances are good that you have autumn olive growing right under your nose. You can help reduce the chemical warfare by eating the nutritious and delicious berries. Conservationists spend a lot of time, effort, and money poisoning it. ![]() Because it is an invasive, non-native plant, autumn olive is an ecological problem here in North America. Native to Asia, Eleagnus umbellata goes by the common names of autumn olive and, more generously, “autumn berry”. And also because the boiling process kills the seeds, preventing propagation of this invasive plant. Autumn olive is a great edible wild berry for jam, because it’s nice and tart. That helps prevent separation into a watery layer and a pulpy layer, which happens to autumn olive jam when you take a short cut and add pectin. I use the old fashioned cook down method, boiling off a lot of water. This autumn olive jam is thick and delicious, and full of health-promoting anti-oxidants. ![]()
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