Around this time of year, you might find subtle clues as to the location of highly forage-able fruit, such as Wild Plums, Mirabelles, Damsons, Cherry Plumbs & Greengages.
These tasty plumbs are best eaten straight off the tree. Although they come in many varieties and colours, you can tell they a ripe when they will fall lightly into your hand, just as you touch them.
Quite apart from the juicy joy of immediately eating these beauties, they can also be turned into pies, chutney, wine, puddings, jam and hundreds of other delightful things.
I tend to eat as I go along during my lunchtime wanderings, then I pick a bunch and take them home for the family to enjoy.
Hi I have just found your blog and this subject is close to my heart! We have just moved from Hertfordshire where we would get most of our fruit from the Lea Valley park. I intend to spend the next few months studying falling fruit and I have thankfully managed to get a copy of your book. I would welcome any hints for finding good apples and pears in the southampton area. Do you do any meet ups at all/group foraging? Many thanks
ReplyDeletehi Laura
ReplyDeleteTry the Falling Fruit map, I put most of my tree finds on there - apart from my real favourites ;-)
I'm thinking of doing a blossom walk this year, if we are not too late now.