I picked the first of our damsons yesterday and am still picking late raspberries. Such a glut of fruit this year that the freezer is getting full.
How is everyone else doing?
picking damsons
picking damsonsI picked the first of our damsons yesterday and am still picking late raspberries. Such a glut of fruit this year that the freezer is getting full.
How is everyone else doing? I am now a widow and live with my memories.
Re: picking damsonsOur damsons were very early - they started very early August and finished last week.
I have made 6 pots of jam. Not very much for 3 mature trees, but they are all quite choked with ivy which will be removed soon - hopefully it will give them a new lease of life next year. Re: picking damsonsLots of damsons, I picked some and made 8 jars of jam, then found 7 jars from last year, so I won't pick any more for me. Our dance club has a charity bring & buy so I might take some for them.
So many Victorias ; we have 3 trees - the 40 yr old tree , the replacement tree (now 30yrs old & the tree it replaced is still going strong), the 'Czar' that wasn't (and when we realised it wasn't and got a replacement which was also a Vic, we dug it up and gave it away). A freezer full, jam made, many given away and freegled. Apples looking good, and Brambles (which are invading uninvited). I suppose it makes up for the failure of most of the veg. Dance caller. http://mo-dance-caller.blogspot.co.uk/p/what-i-do.html
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