Sorry your tree has only one plum, @Betsy ! Some trees I'm told have a good year then a bad year, so hope you get more next year. And that yours ripened too early @piggieminder , as you are in the south west fruit is probably even earlier than here in the Midlands, if you both were nearer I'd bring you some of mine!
Sorry your tree has only one plum, @Betsy ! Some trees I'm told have a good year then a bad year, so hope you get more next year. And that yours ripened too early @piggieminder , as you are in the south west fruit is probably even earlier than here in the Midlands, if you both were nearer I'd bring you some of mine!
I'm thinking of making jam at some point, but I don't have enough jars at the moment. I'm going to freeze some for crumbles in the winter and try @Wiebke 's sponge cake with plums on top too.
@Betsy , why don't you put your Streusel Plum Cake recipe in the Quarantine Cookery thread, so everyone can give it a go if they want? I'll give it a try certainly.
I just finished weighing the plums I picked yesterday. In addition to 1lb that went in my Rumtopf, and 2lb I gave to my neighbour, I still have 4 2lb tubs to find a home for in the freezer, and about 2lb waiting in the fridge from Monday
You can’t beat a bit of grounsel! I am a keen gardener and have learnt over the years to ignore certain weeds, our allotment is full of groundsel, milk thistle, speedwell, rock cress, chickweed and dandelions.
My father cannot ignore a weed ... would last about 10 seconds if spotted in his garden ... hence I weeded a neighbours verge of their groundsel to grow in a pot!
They are beautiful.
I like the idea of putting the plant pot in the ground, do you have to take them out at the end of the season?
Have you boiled up a load of tomatoes until they are all mushy? You could do that and then freeze them and then you can use them in stews and soups and stuff in the winter.
I inherited these pots when we moved into this house, they are actually a collar, they have no bottom and 3 inch deep sides. We find them quite handy for watering the tomatoes. The collar sends the water down and not along the soil. We have also made some similar out of plant pots, you just cut around the bottom with a pair of strong scissors
I have frozen some tomatoes this year as paste. I plan to make sun dried tomatoes in olive oil and oregano in large jars too. It will involve “sun drying“ the tomatoes in a low temperature oven for several hours but it’s worth it in winter, a taste of sunshine
Do you freeze them chopped up? Our freezer needs defrosting but there’s food in thereSorry your tree has only one plum, @Betsy ! Some trees I'm told have a good year then a bad year, so hope you get more next year. And that yours ripened too early @piggieminder , as you are in the south west fruit is probably even earlier than here in the Midlands, if you both were nearer I'd bring you some of mine!
I'm thinking of making jam at some point, but I don't have enough jars at the moment. I'm going to freeze some for crumbles in the winter and try @Wiebke 's sponge cake with plums on top too.
@Betsy , why don't you put your Streusel Plum Cake recipe in the Quarantine Cookery thread, so everyone can give it a go if they want? I'll give it a try certainly.
I just finished weighing the plums I picked yesterday. In addition to 1lb that went in my Rumtopf, and 2lb I gave to my neighbour, I still have 4 2lb tubs to find a home for in the freezer, and about 2lb waiting in the fridge from Monday
there are still a lot on the tree. And there’s a friend who wants me to make him some!
I cut them in half and remove the stones, and put them cut side up on a tray covered with greaseproof paper. My freezer has a built in tray which makes that easier. Once they're frozen I weigh them into bags and squeeze them in wherever there's space. Think I'm going to make a cake with some fresh ones tomorrow or Tuesday as my s-i-l is coming over!Do you freeze them chopped up? Our freezer needs defrosting but there’s food in there
We have just eaten a lovely Apple and Cinnamon Pie with cooking apples that have fallen in the wind today, Yummy
beep beep on my way to Cornwall!
It’s sadly not cooked by me! I’m loathed to say it but the OH is a far better cook
