nature[strip]'s bounty!

From the nature strip - cherry plums. No idea how old these two trees, one of them now died back completely, but Katie tells me they'll have been the root stock of garden plums. Though there's no guarantee they give good fruit, we've been lucky.

The fruit's a little tart, especially close to the pit, but the ripest ones are succulent, sweet and lovely. And as I discovered, keep for ages, still lovely, in the fridge.

And here's the effect of those extreme rains ...

BEFORE

AFTER