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The wonders of growing, eating and sharing fruit
Two important elements for the success of a local fruit initiative: have a property where own fruit trees can be taken care of, and a community effort. Two articles in yesterday’s Wimbledon Guardian illustrated this perfectly.
Here is the story of the pear and raspberry jam I donated to St Barnabas’ church for sale at their Christmas fair today, and its recipe. Not the best in my view though, I prefer the pear and lemon I made for Abundance. Continue reading 
Using windfalls at the end of the harvesting season is like desperately trying to save what shouldn’t have been lost in the first place.
It took twenty minutes to cook a kilo of them and prepare three different desserts, including an original combination with medlar jam and cream. Photos and full details below.
Pick the pears before they fall and let them ripen for a week or two behind a window. From hard and tasteless, the eating pears below became juicy and sweet.
We have just passed the middle of the September/October harvesting season and there are many trees loaded with fruit around. The pictures below were taken on 1st October from a single spot in Southfields tube station. Continue reading 
A guide to making and eating fruit compote and puree is available here.
The recipes of the two jams sold at Abundance Fruit Day are available here: ‘Pear and lemon jam’ and ‘Redcurrant and raspberry jam’.
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