Here in the UK the plums in supermarkets are all very similar but if you’re lucky enough to have a small amount of growing space you can have a fantastic range of plums that taste so much better than store bought fruit. In my very small garden I have Victoria plums, greengage, damsons and I’m growing some more young plants which are yet to fruit. I canned some Victoria plums and damsons last year we will be adding Victoria plums to our porridge today.
Thank you so much for sharing. I have never heard or seen any of those types of plums here in the US. I bet that would be good in porridge. Are the plum trees small or do they get really large? It would be nice to have a plum tree in the garden. When you can your plums do you water bath can them?
I have some plum trees in big bins and others in the ground. They are columnar trees, so the idea is they don’t ever grow too big and you prune them to keep them compact. They’re on a rootstock that keeps them smaller too. I’m really new to canning and a bit frightened of poisoning everyone so I pressure canned following USDA guidance.
It is nice to have them compact that way you can reach them to pick when they are ripe as well. Yes, canning is a very good thing to learn and if not done correctly can spoil the food. I always check with the USDA site to make sure nothing has changed as things do change as events occur.
So I went to Trader Joe’s because they had this box with the black plums and right on the box it said “extra sweet plums” . It was 7.00 dollars for about 6 plums . I returned them . They were hard as a rock and sour . Such a misleading product to add extra sweet on the box . I was not happy !
That is a lot of money for something that is not any good. I have gotten them that way before picked too soon and they are hard as a rock. Not any good when they are like that.
