eBay My World: fromthecountrylarder( 1261)

I work extremely hard at my main job - making jams and preserves - and have realised that others will find it as hard as I did to find the 'tools of the trade'. It has taken me a while to source items and I can now share this with others.

Jam jars of all sizes, lids, bottles, labels, muslin, other jam making paraphernalia

Display items, packaging

English, French

Jam making!, My Family, Gardening, Reading, Walking, Village Life, My Allotment

Happy Feet, Babe

Queen, Alex Cuba, Paolo Nutini

I started in banking, then went into interior design after a break bringing up my children and have ended up making jam!

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Carriage charged at fixed rate of £7.99 for up to 20kgs. Over 20kgs will be surcharged at cost. Postage on small items is included.

'from the country larder' can be contacted at PO Box 8581, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 0BT, 01572 724685, ebay@thecountrylarder.co.uk, Rosemary Jameson

Jam, of itself, is unremarkable in most people's lives. When you have tasted my jam, however, you realise that it has something different. I make my jam, preserves and chutneys with love and care, in the traditional way - slowly. You can really taste the difference and people literally stop me in the street 'are you the lady that makes the jam?' they ask tentatively. When I confirm that I am she they go on to tell me about some wonderful meal they had with friends that included one of my products - and it has become part of their happy memories. It makes them feel warm and cosy and often inspired to try making something themselves. From this they will learn the satisfaction of producing something beautiful and delicious and they will relax for the time it takes them to do it. They will want to present it as well as they can, to give as presents to friends maybe, who will in turn be inspired. Slowly, surely, a new jam culture will spread and jam will change the world.