Plum Salad

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   Combine the plums, pecans, blue cheese, olive oil, and vinegar in a large bowl.

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   Season with salt and pepper and toss to combine.

3. 3

   Chill for 1 hour.

4. 4

   Top the spinach with the plum and cheese mixture before serving.

5. 5

   Any stone fruit is wonderful substituted for or in conjunction with the plums.

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   For plum trees to be at their best, produce the best fruit, and stay healthy, they need to be pruned right before spring.

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   You must wait through the winter and see if any branches turn brittle and have to be removed.

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   Around the middle of March is the time to cut them back.

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   What one must remember is that fruits are produced from the horizontal branches, not the uprights.

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    Its hard to cut those uprights off, but you must be brave; its for yalls own good.

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    The first horizontal branches of fruit trees are called brave branches.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.