Apples everywhere!

I think the apples are almost ready.  A lot of them always fall from the tree before they are actually ready to eat but I try to gather them and make apple sauce, jams and lots of apple muffins.  By the looks of it, it is definitely time to get to work (again)!

I mixed the apples with some pears.

Plum marmalade

Cooking the plums...

Also made a plum pie...

Still had a lot I didn't use...

Finally finished!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It took me all day to use up the plums of half a tree and I still had some left over.  In total we have 3 plum trees in our little orchard. It's a lot of work but I just love the result.  I made this the old fashioned way : a great feeling!  Half of my freezer is filled with plums without the seeds.  But I ran out of jars so now I can make marmalade whenever I feel like it.  I think I had enough for one day!!

Plums are ready!

For my birthday, my husband gave me a new camera so I can take better pictures for this blog.  It's wonderful, now I can take pictures from really close by.