I have a stock of fresh plum wood on my balcony. I carved a cooking spoon from the longest log. The wood was a bit knotty, but I managed to make quite a straight handle.
The log was a little longer than I needed. The cut-off was nice, so I made this tiny spoon from it:
This picture shows how plum wood changes its color to brown. The spoon on the left was made about a month ago, the mini spoon a few days ago and the cooking spoon was finished today.