There are two old plum trees here on the edge of the vegetable patch. And i have planted another six in the new orchard which are now fruiting. Some of the latter will not be ripe for another few weeks but some,and the bigger old tree were pregnant with the sort of purple plums you can see below. it really snuck up on me. I only noticed this a day and a half before we all headed off to Greece.But Joshua and whirled into action picking allt he fruit we could reach either as we stood there or by knocking down witha hoe.
As a result i have flash frozen three trays of pitted half plums which we can use either for plum gin,Christmas pudding etc later in the summer or to make more ice cream. Already a litre of ice cream has been banked, adding to the tubs and tubs ofstrawberry and elderflower ice cream already in the freezer.
