So I told myself a bunch of reasons why and they made sense and sounded good enough and all.

-About 2 cups of sugar.-2 Tablespoons of Lemon Juice.

-2 Tablespoons of Vanilla.That’s it for ingredients!There’s enough natural pectin in the cantaloupe that you don’t even need to run to the store for that and you can just make it with ingredients you probably already have in the house.

It really couldn’t be simpler, but the results taste super fancy!Just go ahead and dump everything into your crock pot and let it cook on high for about three hours.

Next, you’ll probably have some chunks of fruit in there still, so get out a potato masher, or something with similar smooshing capabilities and make your jam into more of a jam-like substance.. It’s hard to tell just from looking at your jam if it’s ready, so you’ll need to test it.

Stick a small dish in the freezer for a few minutes and then place a blob of jam on the cold dish.Now onto the veggie garden.. I’ll be honest with you.

When I was editing these photos last night, I was wondering why I was even sharing them at all.There’s not much of a ta-da here..

In fact, some of these are downright embarrassing.The cucumber beetle damage!.