About one year ago I gleaned some early season cherry plums with my friend Pete in Castlemaine, which is a forty minute drive from here. My friend Jason had initially supplied us with a map of where to find them. Cherry plums are probably the first stone fruits to come into season in this region, and we've just discovered a tree about a four minute walk from here. As this lovely specimen is doing so well, survives only on intermittent water from the gods and its own self humus for nourishment, bears delicious fruit free of charge and pesticides, and is growing in the same micro-climate as our own we reckon it's probably a good idea to dry some seeds and attempt to propagate them for future produce.
Until recently our south boundary has bordered a vacant lot, however it has been sold and our new neighbours are getting ready to build. A food producing screen or fence that both sides can harvest could be a nice idea, so I'm going to grow these seeds and suggest this as
another type of social warming fence.
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Is there a local public fruit map? there is so much waste. Have just jammed my 5th bucket of roadside cherry plums and have run out of jars.I need a jam jar tree..
where's local for you? a jam jar tree can be found at most council tips. got any tips on preserving cherries, other than jam?
Yeah, Ive tried brandied cherries, cherry chutney, sweet and sour cherries. Better to eat them while they are fresh- the season is so short, and the fruit does not preserve as well as others. Gorge yourself!
I think someone got to the jam jar tree before me...
Hi,
I found you via Eddy. Have had a great read of the blog this morning, nice work.
For those in Melbourne area a link to a fruit tree map...
http://chutneyclub.blogspot.com/2010/03/need-fruit.html
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