We have had a great crop of apples this year but early autumn storms mean that we have also a lot of windfalls. We are using apples in everything ; apple and blackberry jam, apple crumble and cakes, apple puree/sauce, dried apples. Last weekend, I was going to try and make plum (again windfalls) and apple jam, but the resulting puree was too nice, so we’ve just added a tiny bit of honey and are using fresh. It went really well with pancakes!
Apples
Apples
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Apples
The storm also broken my favourite Victoria plum tree which always produced the nicest plus in the garden , so we will have to get replacement (Apologies for quality of photos, my camera is currently out of action so having to use my phone camera!).
Murtagh's Meadow 
Those apples are plentiful all right and also a tempting colour. I’d love to bite right into one.
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Yes they are pretty tasty!
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Your apples look beautiful! Too bad about your plum tree. Wind and boughs full of fruit don’t mix!
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Thank you Eliza. At least we have another plum tree, though the fruit is not as nice as the Victoria.
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What a shame the plum tree snapped so near to the ground. We lost a lot of branches a few years ago, but this year the trees are doing better. Not brilliantly but better. I have an appointment with two big carrier bags of apples today.
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This weekend we will be doing more preserving too!
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Your crumbles are the best! So sad the plum tree fell victim to the weather – is there no way of saving it or splicing onto another tree? The images are still pretty good darling! xx
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Thank you Miranda. No i think the plum tree is broken too close to the ground to regrow but we will probably see if it does next spring before getting rid of it totally.
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That’s sad about the plum. Ours lost a branch a few years ago with the weight of fruit but the tree has recovered. Yours does look a bit near the ground for that though.
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Unfortunately yes. A couple of years ago it also lost a branch but as you say recovered.
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Your photos look great to me! Sorry to hear about the plum tree – I hope it’s replacement will produce as much joy 😊.
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Thank you Helen
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If it has broken above the graft, do you think it will grow from the break?
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I am not sure but we are going to try.
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Such a beautiful colour on your apples; they look so healthy. Like your apple/plum/honey purée idea. I picked 50lbs of damsons (plus 10lbs couldn’t reach or damaged) from my smallish damson tree. A good year for soft fruit apparently, despite the heat. What a shame about your plum tree – makes you realise the strength of these storms.
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50Ibs is very impressive!!
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