Here's a tip for ground cherry growers! Use tomato cages to train your ground cherry branches' up and through & leave them on all season'. Do this when the branches are still young & more pliable so you don't snap them off, as the plant grows train more branches through the cage. Doing this keeps the lower branches off the ground so that it is much easier to collect the berries. I've grown them with & without the cages, & the caged ones are so much easier to harvest from! I made ground cherry jam last week YUM, tastes a little like apricot jam to me.
Oh goodness I wish I would have done this. lol I have a 4x8 raised bed that I bought to grow my carrots & onions in. I popped a few ground cherries in with them. Well... They took over. lol I have so many ground cherries I have no idea what to do with them after I make jam for the year. 🤣
GREAT VIDEO We grow 4 different verities of Physalis on our small 6 acre free range chicken farm in Georgia. These are Nightshades and the chickens will not eat or disturb the plants. Some plants are perennials and some drop their seed and self plant for the next year. We enjoy them every way you can imagine. In this video you mentioned adding Vanilla Extract. We buy vanilla beans, cut a slit in the side of the bean and leave them in a bottle of Captain Morgan Spice Rum for about 5 years. As we use it up in recipes then we add a little bit of regular rum from time to time. This is a guaranteed SMILE GENERATOR.
Thank you Jess for introducing Mark! I discovered him & his Ground Cherry jam recipe and video in Sept 2021. It was my 1st time growing Ground Cherries. One Aunt Molly's plant produced enough fruit to make a batch of jam!! The plant was huge. Diameter was larger than a bushel basket! This year's plants struggled. (4 plants produced enough for 1 batch of jam) Here in central PA, we had temps in the 90's and near drought conditions. Watering by hand kept the plants growing, but not really able to produce as much fruit as last year. Mark's instuctions were easy...and fun to follow! The resulting jam is delicious! Our 4 1/2 yr old grandson raves about to everyone :) I was desperate to find Marks video again for this year's batch of jam..Sept 2022. So happy that I did. Like I said, it's easy and fun to follow! He's a gem! Thank you Mark!!
OMG I just stumbled on this while looking for ground cherry recipies. I miss Mark so much as many of us do.... Just breaks my heart. A good man gone so young.
I clicked on this video because I saw Jess, but stayed for you. You are just so adorable and I wanna be your friend! I am a new canner and just started within the last year, and I just have to giggle. I do the same thing when my lids ping!
I'm so excited, Jess and sweet Miah introduced me to ground cherries also! I am so excited to use them in a jelly!! Thanks for the video..You are very animated lol!
The House on Avera Road - Make Cowboy Candy with the Nadapeno. The flavor of jalapeño without the heat. I haven’t tried it myself but I don’t see any reason it wouldn’t work. I love the Cowboy Candy with cream cheese & chips. Yum!
If you can't/aren't growing enough fruit to can, there are farmers with pick your own or purchase fresh-picked fruit from their fruit stands. Helping a farmer and getting good food as a bonus! Mark, love the famous stars you have doing your intros! Thank you for the jam-making refresher course!
I pour my boiling canning water onto the weeds around my house, particularly the cracks in my sidewalk & driveway. Thanks for the video! Looking forward to trying your recipe, & I love the hint about adding vanilla. 🌻
I’m excited now! I just bought ground cherry seeds! Because of Jess & Miah! I’m gonna try for a fall crop of a couple plants. Just to see. I’m in 7b. Can’t wait to try jam with them!! 😋 I love your voice! Southern comfort to me! ☺️ I’m not a southerner. I just live here. Lol. I never thought about adding vanilla!! YUM!!! Omg try vanilla paste! I bet that would be BOMB!!! 😱
I was so excited to see this video since this is my first year to grow ground cherries also and was just starting to think about making jam. I grew the Pineapple ground cherries and mine didn't get as big as yours but are doing really good. I had the same experience with how slow they grew and were so small when I transplanted them in the garden that I thought for sure they would die but tbey took off growing and have not been bothered at all by the heat here in Texas. Thanks for the recipe!
Just found you today. So glad Jess hooked us up with you ! Most entertaining and now I just have to grow me some ground cherries. I've watched several of your videos today and you are a ray of sunshine ! Just what I needed. Here goes some more binge watching. Thanks so much for being here Mark~~~
That jam looks beautiful & I bet it is delicious. I love your channel. I believe I found you from Zach & Jen Stivers quite a while back. You are always so upbeat, happy & funny. Keep up the great work & videos. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I love watching you cook. You are so fun! I had never heard of ground cherries, but I watched Roots and Refuge Farm's vlog about digging potatoes, and Jess talked about your ground cherry jam recipe, so I followed her link over here. Glad I did! Next year I'm going to try planting ground cherries. I wonder if they will grow in Maine. :-)
Ground cherry plants can get crazy big, or wide. Your jam looks great! The color is so pretty. The Beekman 1802 couple have a pickled ground cherry recipe. I made those last year and had them at Christmas. So good next to a cheese platter. Excellent job on the jam. 😀
I have 5 ground cherries planted. Mine are the pineapple tomatillos but so far none are making it into the house! The grandkids love them and they love to go find them (like a treasure hunt!). I'm hoping in a few weeks to have enough to try this recipe. Thanks for the video!
Hi! I am growing my first garden, and just made and canned jam (and relish) for the very first time just a couple months ago. I can't wait to learn more about canning from you! My plants are loaded with tomatoes and I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed. Apparently, if you wrench them down, the lids can crinkle. I have never tasted a ground cherry, but because of Jess I have them growing in my garden now. Can't wait to taste them, and try this jam!
Don’t wanna wrench them down too hard or the air can’t vacuum out of there and make a sterile environment! This is gonna be such a nice taste of tropical sunshine smeared on a biscuit come Winter time!! Yum!
@@thehouseonaveraroad3851 May I suggest a bake-off of a few different biscuit recipes like the zucchini bread. If you are making your own jams and jellies, you need, a go to biscuit recipe. Good luck🤗
new sub! thank you for this recipe! I too grew ground cherries for the first time, as per JESS, and was also amazed at how they grew! In love with them so much and now I have a good recipe for jam, thank you! Im sorta thinking of a salsa also...=)
I live in the tropics and in the last year I've had these grow up wild in my yard. Crazy thing is that nobody grows them and nobody seems to know anything about them. The ones I have seem to be a wild variety with smaller fruit
Well thanks to Jess @ Roots & Refuge, I found your channel. :) Where do you order your ground cherries from. I would love to try them. I live in zone 8B
I share your love of canning. I'm always looking for unique jam/jelly recipes. I can some of each batch in 4 oz. jars & give jam/jelly sampler packs as gifts. They work for almost every occasion, Housewarming, Thank You, Hostess, birthday, you name it. Air needs to escape from the jar to create a vacuum seal. If you crank your rings on tight you risk spoilage. I'm not sure Ground cherries will grow in Seattle but if they do I'll be adding this recipe to my collection.
I only have one Ground Cherry plant survive and I planted it in a container. It is doing great until now. Will plant more next year in the ground. Would love to make jam with mine.
I just discovered Aunt Molly's ground cherries this year and we're all in love! I'm excited to try my hand at making jam...is it possible to use Less sugar? Or does the 5 cups of sugar to 7 cups of ground cherries make the consistency better? I'm also happy that you shared some tips on canning--I haven't tried it before but have been wanting to learn! Thank you so much for the video and sharing your lovely jam!
Don’t be intimidated!! Pick something easy (like apple butter - no pectin needed!) and just try it!! You’ll be surprised how simple it is to get the hang of!!
I'm new to ground cherries some looked green some videos people say they have to be yellow that green ones are toxic...are they ok if not yellow onlly if cooked
We've only been able to harvest a couple of ground cherries so far. (I don't think it'll be much longer now, they finally blew up.) How many plants do you have growing out in the garden to get that nice of a harvest?
Thanks for this i have a literal ton and i was worried about some of them still being a little green lol is it safe after they're cooked if a few still have some green on them?
The reason you don’t tighten your rings super tight is because if for some reason your jar was too full, the jar contents has somewhere to escape the liquid and not bust your jar.
Audience fail: nobody gets to see the bushes? Why, the whole point is showing how we can grow and preserve the fruits...the cook is talking about it--i don't get it, dud you really buy them at a store?
Here's a tip for ground cherry growers! Use tomato cages to train your ground cherry branches' up and through & leave them on all season'. Do this when the branches are still young & more pliable so you don't snap them off, as the plant grows train more branches through the cage. Doing this keeps the lower branches off the ground so that it is much easier to collect the berries. I've grown them with & without the cages, & the caged ones are so much easier to harvest from! I made ground cherry jam last week YUM, tastes a little like apricot jam to me.
Oh goodness I wish I would have done this. lol I have a 4x8 raised bed that I bought to grow my carrots & onions in. I popped a few ground cherries in with them. Well... They took over. lol I have so many ground cherries I have no idea what to do with them after I make jam for the year. 🤣
@@kailesancez Same here lol it's taken over my whole 4x 6 beds!
Sister grew these gems and made me some jam. I gotta tell you...we ate a jar in one sitting with a whole loaf of English muffin bread! To die for.
GREAT VIDEO We grow 4 different verities of Physalis on our small 6 acre free range chicken farm in Georgia. These are Nightshades and the chickens will not eat or disturb the plants. Some plants are perennials and some drop their seed and self plant for the next year. We enjoy them every way you can imagine. In this video you mentioned adding Vanilla Extract. We buy vanilla beans, cut a slit in the side of the bean and leave them in a bottle of Captain Morgan Spice Rum for about 5 years. As we use it up in recipes then we add a little bit of regular rum from time to time. This is a guaranteed SMILE GENERATOR.
Thank you Jess for introducing Mark!
I discovered him & his Ground Cherry jam recipe and video in Sept 2021. It was my 1st time growing Ground Cherries. One Aunt Molly's plant produced enough fruit to make a batch of jam!! The plant was huge. Diameter was larger than a bushel basket! This year's plants struggled. (4 plants produced enough for 1 batch of jam) Here in central PA, we had temps in the 90's and near drought conditions. Watering by hand kept the plants growing, but not really able to produce as much fruit as last year. Mark's instuctions were easy...and fun to follow! The resulting jam is delicious! Our 4 1/2 yr old grandson raves about to everyone :) I was desperate to find Marks video again for this year's batch of jam..Sept 2022. So happy that I did. Like I said, it's easy and fun to follow! He's a gem!
Thank you Mark!!
OMG I just stumbled on this while looking for ground cherry recipies. I miss Mark so much as many of us do.... Just breaks my heart. A good man gone so young.
Oh my goodness I didn't know, this is very sad news to hear 😔.
I too just happened upon this comment. My heart aches. He was a wonderful teacher. A real joyful soul. I felt it in his videos.
I get so excited too when I hear the pops!!!!!!!❤❤
I clicked on this video because I saw Jess, but stayed for you. You are just so adorable and I wanna be your friend! I am a new canner and just started within the last year, and I just have to giggle. I do the same thing when my lids ping!
I'm so excited, Jess and sweet Miah introduced me to ground cherries also! I am so excited to use them in a jelly!! Thanks for the video..You are very animated lol!
That’s amazing wouldn’t have thought of making jam with ground cherries. Jess is a sweet lady. Thank you for sharing Mark. God bless y’all.
Thank you so much Vera
The House on Avera Road ❤️
Sometimes called "jamberries," so it must be good!
Thank you so much!! I grew ground cherries for the first time this year. Love them! I didnt get enough to preserve. But they are so delicious!
I'm making apple butter, from a neighbors Granny Smith apple trees, sand plums jelly, picked 30# yesterday.
Oh...and cowboy candy from our peppers.
I've wanted to try cowboy candy but I'm chicken. LOL I'm a whimp when it comes to spicy.
@@thehouseonaveraroad3851 so am I. I remove all the seeds, omit the Cheyenne pepper...much milder.
The House on Avera Road - Make Cowboy Candy with the Nadapeno. The flavor of jalapeño without the heat. I haven’t tried it myself but I don’t see any reason it wouldn’t work. I love the Cowboy Candy with cream cheese & chips. Yum!
@@vmorganbogart I need to try to grow those next year
Love that he added vanilla! I always do this w my berries.
If you can't/aren't growing enough fruit to can, there are farmers with pick your own or purchase fresh-picked fruit from their fruit stands. Helping a farmer and getting good food as a bonus! Mark, love the famous stars you have doing your intros! Thank you for the jam-making refresher course!
We have one little produce stand around here. I go there often just to see what they have fresh.
I pour my boiling canning water onto the weeds around my house, particularly the cracks in my sidewalk & driveway. Thanks for the video! Looking forward to trying your recipe, & I love the hint about adding vanilla. 🌻
I love how you talk!
Great video. I'm so inspired!
I always add vanilla, too:) Just that extra depth of flavor:)
Going to try my hand at making ground cheery jam…thanks for the recipe!
There is so much satisfaction in preserving food for your family!
Amen
I’m excited now! I just bought ground cherry seeds! Because of Jess & Miah! I’m gonna try for a fall crop of a couple plants. Just to see. I’m in 7b. Can’t wait to try jam with them!! 😋 I love your voice! Southern comfort to me! ☺️ I’m not a southerner. I just live here. Lol. I never thought about adding vanilla!! YUM!!! Omg try vanilla paste! I bet that would be BOMB!!! 😱
Vanilla paste would be amazing. Just remember that those seed starts will start of very slow.
Yummmm!
I also add a pinch of salt to my jams/jellies. Gives it's flavor a pop...IMO.
Wrenching it down will cause lids to buckle..
yes, a touch of salt because it aids the taste of the sweet. Salt is in almost every sweet recipe, even icing.
See I have always thought that a pinch of salt may increase the flavor. Gonna try that next time
Oh yeah, we canned ground cherries jam this year, soo good! Will can it every year! Thanks Mark! New friend here!
Hi Flavors Thanks for watching
I was so excited to see this video since this is my first year to grow ground cherries also and was just starting to think about making jam. I grew the Pineapple ground cherries and mine didn't get as big as yours but are doing really good. I had the same experience with how slow they grew and were so small when I transplanted them in the garden that I thought for sure they would die but tbey took off growing and have not been bothered at all by the heat here in Texas. Thanks for the recipe!
I was amazed at how stout they got. And the sheer number of fruits they produce.
LOVE Jess from Roots & Refuge! So excited to try this recipe, Mark.
Just found you today. So glad Jess hooked us up with you ! Most entertaining and now I just have to grow me some ground cherries. I've watched several of your videos today and you are a ray of sunshine ! Just what I needed. Here goes some more binge watching. Thanks so much for being here Mark~~~
That jam looks beautiful & I bet it is delicious. I love your channel. I believe I found you from Zach & Jen Stivers quite a while back. You are always so upbeat, happy & funny. Keep up the great work & videos. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I thank you so much for watching
I love watching you cook. You are so fun! I had never heard of ground cherries, but I watched Roots and Refuge Farm's vlog about digging potatoes, and Jess talked about your ground cherry jam recipe, so I followed her link over here. Glad I did! Next year I'm going to try planting ground cherries. I wonder if they will grow in Maine. :-)
I'm sure just remember they start out super slow
That jam looks fantastic! Another awesome video, thank you. Now I want to grow ground cherries.
Thank you for watching
Ground cherry plants can get crazy big, or wide. Your jam looks great! The color is so pretty. The Beekman 1802 couple have a pickled ground cherry recipe. I made those last year and had them at Christmas. So good next to a cheese platter. Excellent job on the jam. 😀
Pickled ground cherry sounds amazing
I have 5 ground cherries planted. Mine are the pineapple tomatillos but so far none are making it into the house! The grandkids love them and they love to go find them (like a treasure hunt!). I'm hoping in a few weeks to have enough to try this recipe. Thanks for the video!
LOL I don't have children around so mine have just rotted on the ground because we could not keep up with the production
Hi! I am growing my first garden, and just made and canned jam (and relish) for the very first time just a couple months ago. I can't wait to learn more about canning from you! My plants are loaded with tomatoes and I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed. Apparently, if you wrench them down, the lids can crinkle. I have never tasted a ground cherry, but because of Jess I have them growing in my garden now. Can't wait to taste them, and try this jam!
I'm so excited for you! You are so close to hitting 1000. Good job, and great videos! 😀🥳🥳🥳
Don’t wanna wrench them down too hard or the air can’t vacuum out of there and make a sterile environment!
This is gonna be such a nice taste of tropical sunshine smeared on a biscuit come Winter time!! Yum!
It is very tasty indeed
Thank you for the video. 2 things, Hope you're sending a jar to Jess and will there be a Biscuit recipe video coming soon? Have a Blessed day.
Patty this is the truth. I can't make good biscuits to save my life. LOL
@@thehouseonaveraroad3851 May I suggest a bake-off of a few different biscuit recipes like the zucchini bread. If you are making your own jams and jellies, you need, a go to biscuit recipe. Good luck🤗
@@thehouseonaveraroad3851 I'm not a good cook BUT, I can bake ! I make a yummy biscuit. Quick and easy. Glad to share my recipe if you like.
That looks wonderful! Thanks Mark.
Thank you for watching
new sub! thank you for this recipe! I too grew ground cherries for the first time, as per JESS, and was also amazed at how they grew! In love with them so much and now I have a good recipe for jam, thank you! Im sorta thinking of a salsa also...=)
I live in the tropics and in the last year I've had these grow up wild in my yard. Crazy thing is that nobody grows them and nobody seems to know anything about them. The ones I have seem to be a wild variety with smaller fruit
My ground cherries this year are 4' high and 4' wide!
Definitely going to try this recipe. Thank you!
Thank you for watching Irene
I grew my first ground cherries!!
I am loving all these intros! They are so fun!
I'm wondering who will be next myself. LOL
Well thanks to Jess @ Roots & Refuge, I found your channel. :) Where do you order your ground cherries from. I would love to try them. I live in zone 8B
Drooling over here.🤤
Great video, Mark! Thank you ☺️
Thank you for watching
Haha! I should have known when I typed in ground cherry jam I’d see Jess’s face! 🤗
I can’t wait to try ground cherries! I’m a new followers!
I share your love of canning. I'm always looking for unique jam/jelly recipes. I can some of each batch in 4 oz. jars & give jam/jelly sampler packs as gifts. They work for almost every occasion, Housewarming, Thank You, Hostess, birthday, you name it.
Air needs to escape from the jar to create a vacuum seal. If you crank your rings on tight you risk spoilage.
I'm not sure Ground cherries will grow in Seattle but if they do I'll be adding this recipe to my collection.
This is my first time growing ground cherries.I have heard so much about them.I am doing my research trying to find out what else can I do with them.❤
You're gonna have ground cherries pop up in that spot next year if you had some rot into the ground. They are prolific and reseed easy :)
I had tons rot in the ground. LOL Ground Cherries for everyone.
I just love your videos, I've been watching for a while but haven't said hi yet lol
Well thank you and HI There!
He sounds just like Dusty from Paradise PD! 😃
I only have one Ground Cherry plant survive and I planted it in a container. It is doing great until now. Will plant more next year in the ground. Would love to make jam with mine.
Love your accent sounds like home to me
I just discovered Aunt Molly's ground cherries this year and we're all in love! I'm excited to try my hand at making jam...is it possible to use Less sugar? Or does the 5 cups of sugar to 7 cups of ground cherries make the consistency better? I'm also happy that you shared some tips on canning--I haven't tried it before but have been wanting to learn! Thank you so much for the video and sharing your lovely jam!
Thank you for sharing the canning process! I want to do it but find it intimidating 😂
Don’t be intimidated!! Pick something easy (like apple butter - no pectin needed!) and just try it!! You’ll be surprised how simple it is to get the hang of!!
OH NO Start out slow and with something easy. Work you way up. You can do it.
Also really dig any recipe with low sugar pectin because lord knows sometimes ya wanna tinker with the sugar amount in some of these jam recipes!
I mean I can't put 8 cups of sugar in 4 cups of fruit. LOL
The House on Avera Road haha I feel ya! And I know our depression-era ancestors didn’t have THAT much sugar to dump in things 😆
If you use Pomona’s pectin you can use way less sugar.
I'm new to ground cherries some looked green some videos people say they have to be yellow that green ones are toxic...are they ok if not yellow onlly if cooked
We've only been able to harvest a couple of ground cherries so far. (I don't think it'll be much longer now, they finally blew up.) How many plants do you have growing out in the garden to get that nice of a harvest?
I only had two.
Can you explain why you make jam with green ground cherries?
Yum! But can i make it with less sugar 😳
I’ve never had a ground cherry.
You make me want to grow some now. New sub
Go for it. They are so good.
I have to try this. Thank you! Did I see dehydrated slices of zucchinie on your counter? Curious of your process. Thanks ahead of time.
Yes Mary I've dehydrated loads of veg from my garden. I have a dehydrator and I just stick them in that. Works like a charm
Do you have to use 5 cups of sugar? If so.. I have under estimated my need for sugar. lol
Thanks for this i have a literal ton and i was worried about some of them still being a little green lol is it safe after they're cooked if a few still have some green on them?
The reason you don’t tighten your rings super tight is because if for some reason your jar was too full, the jar contents has somewhere to escape the liquid and not bust your jar.
Dude, you're not supposed to eat green ground cherries. Part of the nightshade family of plants. They're only safe to eat once they turn yellow.
And I am addicted to canning these days.
So much sugar! Really need that much? Have you tried less? I hear the ground cherries are sweet.
Here's a safe recipe if you use pamona pectin pomonapectin.com/project/ground-cherry-jam/
Oh that’s a lot of sugar
Those ground cherries look awfully green.
Audience fail: nobody gets to see the bushes? Why, the whole point is showing how we can grow and preserve the fruits...the cook is talking about it--i don't get it, dud you really buy them at a store?
Fun fact, they are toxic if not ripe....and some are definitely green, but who cares about a stomach ache.