One of the first things we do after our tour is have some fun with berries. There are two big barrels of them, and we begin by sorting out the mushy ones to feed to the pigs, separated from the human-grade ones. There is a lump of mushy boysenberries, which we collect into a bucket to make something out of later. Under them lies a tasty looking harvest of strawberries! We bring them in to wash, chop, and process. Some become covered in Whittaker’s chocolate (an NZ brand), some are made into strawberry-basil jam, and others are to be frozen for later. It seems so very simple and peaceful to create your own jam, and I wonder why products like Smucker’s even exist when crafting some homemade jam is this rewarding.