You can freeze them whole (after washing them of course) or puree some down and freeze in plastic containers - jam - plum cheese (bit like lemon curd) jellies, pies, plum cake. All these things you can google and get more recipes. You could also do a swap with your fellow allotmenters as they may grow something that you dont - thats what we do on ours.

We puree ours then freeze in containers and make crumbles and tarts through the winter.

Thank you for your suggestions. There are 3 trees on Gerry's allotments. They have such a lot of fruit & it seems a crying shame to leave it to rot - there's only so much you can eat at one time!

Is there an old folks home nearby, they might like to make some crumble or fruit tart for a pudding ??

Plum chutney! Tastes just like a popular named type of pickle (B******n).

Thank you very much once again for your suggestions but how do I make these things? I'm afraid I'm very ignorant in these matter never having had to make them for myself before!

Could somebody please explain how to make jam & chutney? I have no idea how to do them!

Once I have a few instructions I can copy & paste them into a Word Doc & then print them out - like I did for the crumble instructions several people gave me.

I made some into jam the other day but used too much water! :-( The next day I put it all back in the saucepan & boiled it for about an hour. Now it's a lot thicker. I haven't got around to trying out yet but will give it a try very soon.

Just had a sandwich made with the plum jam I made - turned out much thicker than it should have been - almost like toffee!!! Never mind we live & learn! :-D Nevertheless it was very tasty! :-)