Violet jam recipe

If you're lucky enough to have sweet violets in your yard, then you absolutely must try this delicious recipe for violet jelly. It's like springtime in a jar!

Flower jellies capture the flavor of fresh blossoms in a sweet floral jelly.

Wild violets are edible flowers with endless uses, and they also have medicinal properties. Learn how to use both wild violet flower, as well as leaves, for food and medicine. Wild violets carpet the ground

Learn how to turn violet flowers into homemade jelly with a delicious grape-like taste!

I am crazy about finding uses for wild flowers and plants. I noticed the little purple violets all around our…

This unusual jelly gets it's beautiful amethyst color from an infusion of boiling water and wild violet flowers. Don't worry if your "tea" is blue at first, once you add the lemon juice it will go right back to purple.

Wondering what do with the violets popping up all over your yard? Make violet jam, or try your hand at one of these violet recipes!

Urban foraging is honestly, one of the most rewarding little hobbies. This past Saturday, Beth and I went on an urban foraging hike with Matt Flower from the Milwaukee Urban Ecology center (If you are from Milwaukee and haven't been to the UEC, drop what you are doing and head over there this instant! It is a wonderful, wonderful place). Our hike, though ultimately in search of violets, led us through Riverside Park, where we discovered many urban edibles. These include burdock, dandelion…

Did you know that you can eat those purple weeds" in your yard?? Learn to make a wild violet jelly with this simple recipe! #wildviolets #commonblueviolet #violetjelly #flowerjelly #wildvioletjelly #wildedibles #eattheyard #herbaljelly #homemadejelly #foraging #homesteading #homesteadmama