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I've got a bit laissez faire about sharing with the garden wildlife. Not completely: the bloody snails and slugs can bugger off. But the birds...? And I'd love a squirrel: we only have the red ones, but I've never seen one near where I live, I suspect because it's a bit too cultivated maybe. Still - I get about 3 cherries each year for eg - but that's fine somehow.
@JimmyB @IcooIey @lionelb @Sarah111well we definitely share! I do need to think about preserving fruit next. I can only eat so much jam and don’t have enough freezer space for everything. Any suggestions?
I'm banned from making any more jam/marmalade. And I've got 3 freezers which are all full by end of autumn 
I too need some pointers!
@JimmyB @IcooIey @lionelb @Sarah111well I was wondering about drying fruit 
It's a very good idea! No idea how to do it though... but I should have too many apples this year. As this coincides with everyone else around me having too many apples, I would love to dry some...
@JimmyB @IcooIey @lionelb @Sarah111well I’ll be in the same position again with apples. The birds had most of ours. Apparently there is somewhere locally that will juice them so I’ll investigate that. Maybe a cidrerie near you?
Dangerous but ace suggestion!
I made pear cider a few years ago and it was great!
@helenclayton @JimmyB @IcooIey @Sarah111well
Preserve cherries in brandy then encase in chocolate.
Top family favourite. Cheap cooking brandy works fine for me. Big kilner jars - bottle in June/July I think. And then produce at Christmas.
Sent my daugher off to uni the Netherlands with a big jar of them - without thinking about it too hard. Turns out it was a big hit, but also...a big hit in her halls.