Most jelly in the UK is sold in concentrated, rubbery blocks - this one weighs 128g and is sufficient to make up about a pint of ordinary set jelly dessert.
Grammes and pints, eh? Yes. That's exactly how it works here.
Normal procedure would be to cut up the block into pieces, dissolve/melt it into a quarter pint of boiling water, then make up to a full pint with cold water, before pouring into a mould or bowl and leaving to set.
But normal procedure isn't going to work here - the resulting set jelly would just be too flaccid and fragile - so I just made it up with about 100ml of boiling water and poured it into a small bowl.
The jelly was then left to set in the fridge overnight.
The following day, the jelly had set to a firm, resilient block - turned out here, ready to go...
So here I am - nailing jelly to a tree!
There it is then: Nailing Jelly To A Tree - not really all that difficult after all.
For the record, the tree was unharmed by this action - I used smooth masonry nails and they were only tapped about half a centimetre into the outer bark layer. I hugged the tree better afterwards.
