My larder and other chutneys!

Plum anything is delicious.?

Our apple trees fruited from the second year, not sure about plums, used to have an old plum tree that came with the house/garden but it attracted so many wasps we chopped it down.

and plum chutney

Perhaps a Victoria plum, I do love plums, especially plum sponge and custard.

Someone said that an apple tree took seven years to fruit so we may not get the benefit
or is that a morbid thought?

Bramble jelly is delicious!

Oooh. Joanne Harris, Cherrytree. If only I had enough blackberries for some wine

Sending everyone a glass of wild plum vodka across the cyberwaves. It's a lovely dark golden colour and hits the spot nicely.

I think plum trees start fruiting in their third year, Jalima but ours is so old I can't remember that far back

A question - or should this be on the gardening thread?

If we plant a plum tree how long before it fruits and will the wasps get to the fruit before we do?

Two questions, not one!

Pass on not lass on, doh!

Wild plum vodka! Marvellous??

I do very well from chutney making friends giving me a jar now and then ( some better than others) so don't make it myself.Will you become my friend Merlot and lass on some of your larder goodies, particularly the
Alcoholic ones. Thanks in advance.?

Agree Hipsy

Merlotgran I'm reminded of the lovely books by Joanne Harris

Wonderful prose merlotgran
I am in your kitchen listening to the sloshing of the plum and ginger wine.
I also love this time of year, beginning of the harvesting.

I think we might sample the wild plum vodka tonight. It's been in the cupboard for a month so a taste test is essential

Not that many greengages this year but I'm hoping there will be enough for some greengage gin!

Grapes won't be ready for a couple of weeks (ish) so DH is on bird watch. The blighters get in through broken panes in the roof of our very old greenhouse which will soon have to be demolished because he's now too old to keep getting up a ladder to fix them.

It's far too big for us to maintain now

I still have apple butter, chilli apple jelly, jam and chutneys from previous years too.
Beans, courgettes, tomatoes, beetroot, apples to deal with.

I will swap some for a couple of bags of plums please!

I am waiting for the Damson which ae not quite ready. I have a friend who has a Victoria plum tree with very branch laden with lovely plums. There are alsoDamsons coming on.
She is away next week so I am going to have to wait a bit. I have a recipe for a plum and cinnamon cake, pudding, whatever. That is lovely.

Anyone got a surplus of their wine making efforts I can help with?

I'm finding that we don't use up what I make. I've still got apple butter and apple jelly from previous years and January's pasta de membrillas has had very little removed from it. I made two sorts of confiture de Noel and one of them I wasn't impressed with. We've only just finished an apricot and orange chutney printed in the Sunday times about three years ago and because I didn't like the trial pot I threw out the recipe and then when it had matured we liked it and now I haven't been able to Google the recipe. Will look up dealias Christmas one. Thanks Whitewave

The only chutney I make is Delia Christmas chutney. Been making it for years - everyone's favourite.

I'm very impressed Merlot! My OH has promised not to grow so many tomato plants next year - there's only so much patience and stamina I can muster for chutney making! I've decided to slice and freeze the rest. No idea if that will end well or not, we could be having a lot of tomato soup, I think!

I could say how lucky you are to have such a harvest, but like everything in life, luck depends on a lot of very hard work. So well done to you and enjoy " the fruits of your labour".