plums… and 3 days of sunshine

I know I haven’t blogged for a while, and for that, I apologise. I won’t bore you with the reasons, but will instead concentrate on trying to get some posts up on here again.

While I’ve been stuck at home for the past few weeks, the weather has been largely rather gloomy and wet. But now it seems that summer has finally arrived, and with it, our first plum crop.

We planted a tiny Opal plum tree last Spring, and it’s been exciting to see it flower this year, then set fruit, and finally – actually fruit! And what a difference a mere three days of sunshine makes…

Before:

And after:

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