Wild plum

Create a delicious, sweet-yet-tart jelly using your foraged wild plums. If you tried this recipe out and loved it, please come back and give it 5 stars.

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Ume boshi is a kind of Japanese pickled plum. Keeps in the fridge 10+ years.

If you have a personal plot, then most likely there is plum on it, but most likely not one. Still: how can you do without this tree? Plum is not found in the wild. It appeared by crossing cherry plum and blackthorn about 2000 years ago. Cherry plums and blackthorns grow well wild, but plums […] More

If you have access to wild plums (any variety), you'll want to put some up for out-of-season uses.

I've had this wild plum jelly recipe for ages. Each year when the plums are ripe, I'll fill my pail and make this jelly. It's so good served with toast, pancakes or waffles! —Ludell Heuser, Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

I am spoilt for choice where I live for these fantastic little wild fruits. Every hedgerow seems to have damson, bullace or wild plum, fantastic news for the cook in me, even better news for the preserver! This chutney recipe is a cracker and goes with the more obvious pairings of cold and smoked meats but also adds a great lift to battered or fried vegetables.Seel up the goodness of your wild fruits with these great jam and chutney making kits. The Yellow Damson or Golden Bullace Yellow…