The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Growing => Fruit => Topic started by: mikey9863 on August 16, 2013, 05:10:42 pm
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After a couple of days away from the orchard, I returned to find a lot of plums on the ground. I collected them and want to know if I could still use these or would the fact that they had been on the ground for a while cause problems........Thank in advance :thumbsup:
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Don't see why not - just check them carefully for bugs first. Given you'll probably be cutting them up, that should be fine,
H
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And watch out for half drunk, feasting wasps inside the bits the birds have pecked :o
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And watch out for half drunk, feasting wasps inside the bits the birds have pecked :o
They are full of wasps at the moment......so I have been very careful and wearing big gloves help alot
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We always used windfall apples when I was a kid, so I still do now I have my own orchard - the bruise always comes out pretty fast tho so they need using promptly before it spreads. I use both plums and apples (carefully!) for chutneys etc if I can't use them immediately as fruit.
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Get some pigs, great use for the windfalls!
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Or goats.
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check for worms and and bad bits and then make jelly :yum: :&>
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I found out that my dog has been scrumping these! I found a collection of stones all around the house - think they are poisonous too for dogs, so I am now collecting them all up - I am going to be busy!
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they probably do to dogs what they do for us - give them the runs? :&>
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Another option - get a juicer and pasteurise the juice in glass bottles for year round use or stick a few litres in plastic milk bottles and freeze?