Peppers!
Our peppers are still coming through with gusto. A few plants got broken in the storm, but we have several left. Apparently they can be grown as pereniels. I’m not sure what we will do, however we noticed last year…
Lemon Tree
Our lemon tree is growing! It was a very sad tree when we moved in. The house and tree were covered in brambles and ivy, so the poor tree hadn’t got much light. However, it’s growing so well now that…
We say goodbye to Pirata
This came as a bit of a shock, but yesterday we had Pirata put to sleep. He had kidney failure which was advanced, and we took him to the vet on Tuesday as he wasn’t eating and then he deteriated…
Pew!
Ian has finished sanding down our old pew and painting it with outdoor paint. The evential aim is to cut it in two and put it in the top part of the garden, but for now we just wanted it…
Storm!
We had a big storm at the weekend. There were high winds, high waves and lots of rain (which is actually a good thing – our well water supply has dried up so we are hoping that the rain will…
Gourds :)
I noticed that some of the gourds had started to go brown at the top, and I thought this meant they were going mouldy. Good job I didn’t take them off and throw them out as it transpires that this…
Chestnut Scrumping
We decided to go chestnut scrumping and have seen a few trees around us and the man who comes to tend his huerta occasionally opposite told us there there are some good trees. We took a big rucksack to fill…
Avacados
Well, this is a funny thing… I was reading in the news that there were studies going on about replacing eucuplytus plantation with avacado plantations. The eucuplytus are not universally loved, and have been the cause of many of the…
Beaches!
We went to Burela on Saturday and thought we’d go for a swim at Marosa beach, which is a surfing beach. We have been swimming there before and it was very nice – but that was before it got closed…
Festa Faba – Bean Fiesta :)
We went to a bean fiesta on Saturday. Well, I should say THE bean fiesta – as people come from all around to buy beans from this particular area. The town is part of ‘bean valley’ and there’s even a…