plum plum!

every year our plum trees produce loads and loads of plums - so much that we can't keep up with them and end up wasting half of them. each year we say we'll make wine or something from them but never get round to it. last year I made so many plum crumbles that the kids groaned every time I presented pudding and I gave batches away to friends in the street with the crumble recipe to try and use them up..
this bucket o plums survived despite the tree being broken in half by the wind about a month ago - we're hoping it will grow again though.
so, I'm writing this blip to try and shame us into making something great from these lovely plums...I like the sound of King Street Wine! The Wine Of Kings! maybe...

ps. It was the first official day of NEOS (North East Open Studios) today. I managed to visit three events with great arts and crafts and hope to see more over the next week. see my sister's blip too!