Plum Salad

Directions

1. 1
   Combine the plums, pecans, blue cheese, olive oil, and vinegar in a large bowl.
2. 2
   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.
6. 6
   For plum trees to be at their best, produce the best fruit, and stay healthy, they need to be pruned right before spring.
7. 7
   You must wait through the winter and see if any branches turn brittle and have to be removed.
8. 8
   Around the middle of March is the time to cut them back.
9. 9
   What one must remember is that fruits are produced from the horizontal branches, not the uprights.
10. 10
    Its hard to cut those uprights off, but you must be brave; its for yalls own good.
11. 11
    The first horizontal branches of fruit trees are called brave branches.