Nectarines

What would you do with them?

Peachy question there!

eyt um..

Have you an excess of them Eq?

Bet they would make a nice wine.

I might try that priscus

I have over two thousand strawberry plants (Well: I did until this morning, when I have given half of them to a neighbour)

In a good year, I could pick four large colanders of fruit every few hours. So, a few years ago, I laid in the kit to make some wine and jam with all this bounty.

It never happened.

Last year: emergency job- had the roofers in. Expected to take a couple of days, but became a couple of weeks, as they were constantly rained off. Consequently either it was raining, or I was busy with the roofers: never got the chance to net the strawberries, so bar a dozen or so, the birds got them all.

This year: Very warm winter, and only about four days since March when it hasn't rained. Ground is far too waterlogged for me to net them, and slugs are out of control.

Score: Birds get around 60% of fruit!
Slugs get about 39.99% of fruit!
I get about 0.01% of fruit!

It is not worth the effort to tend thousands of plants for so little (probably £1 worth at supermarket prices), so decided to grow something else in their place!

I've become addicted to doughnut peaches

I love peaches, but prefer the plain variety. However, I reiterate, I bet the nectarines will make a nice wine: I can close my eyes, and imagine the bouquet and less bitterness from the skins that would ensue from a straightforward peach.