Early summer in Cow Hollow is all about plums, plums and more plums.

I didn’t even plant my plum tree — it just grew. I think it is the offspring of my neighbor’s plum tree.

These are cute little plums that grow all over the Bay area. They are soft and sweet, no more than 1″ in diameter. Some people use them in jam.

My puli has been sampling them, but he’s not a huge fan.

The birds passing through our neighborhood LOVE these plums, though. The big tree hangs over a parking space where we sometimes park a van. It gets bombed with ripe plums and with huge poops from the really large crows that hang around our neighborhood. This plum tree is their favorite spot when it’s bearing fruit.

— June 2012