Ajo / Garlic

Lifted the garlic last year on July 5th.  Should have been June 21 - - as the rule is "plant on shortest day", "harvest on longest day".

Raised Bed

Built another raised bed in the garden.   This one is agave poles and topped off with found lumber.

Pruning Almonds

In the fields yesterday. Assorted tapas for lunch; taking a break from pruning the almonds.

Bees

Lots of bees at the moment.  Many on dozens of these flowering succulents. Someone nearby must have brought in hives to pollinate the almonds - which are just starting to bloom.

 

Cleaned part of the garden

Cleaned the dead creeping succulents out of the south garden by the driveway. Plannted some striped agaves to accompany the yucca. Threw in a log.

Plums

July last year. Pruned the tree well. Hoping for a good harvest.

Berenjena / Eggplant

12th of October harvest off 1 plant.

Xmas tree

In the garden, solar lights.

Guns at Cabo Tiñoso

Shot a 1 tonne projectile a maximun of 35 kilometers.

Almond Blossoms

They have started; the blossoms.

Wild Strawberries

In Bulgaria last week.  Finger-tip sized. Very sweet and very strawberryish.

Succulents

The cacti are starting to flower this week becasue we finally have days well into the 20s (today 24 [75 F])

I don't have the name of this plant yet.  It's a succulent, ground cover, grows vigorously without watering, stays green, and flowers in the spring.

To be named later

Broad beans

The Fava / Broad Beans have been going well for a couple of weeks but the last few warm days have really made a difference.

They're here.  This morning's crop. Net = 1.8 kilos when shelled.

Fixing the roof tiles

Patching the roof. Plastering over the old broken cane.

First strawberry

Appeared February 23rd