Plums

Plums from in my backyard today

I have a gorgeous plum tree in my backyard and this year it produced a whole bunch of gorgeous plums. I’ve lived here for two years, but last year the tree didn’t produce any fruit. This year, it’s covered in beautiful purple plums.

I am starting to despair, though, that they will ever ripen. I keep hearing from other people about how their plums are ripe and they are off making wonderful things with them. They have looked pretty much the same for a couple weeks now, and they aren’t getting any sweeter. Maybe they just aren’t a sweet variety…

I am so looking forward to making plum freezer jam with these. And I was hoping the kids could  have plums for snack – but these are way too tart to snack on. I think I’m going to give it a few more days, though, and if they aren’t sweetened, I will pick them for the jam and give up on the snacks.