After a three year gap we’re back online, with a new address for our blog. It’s been a strange few years, what with COVID hitting us all, war in Europe, and other massive changes to our world. But we’re still here! So briefly, in the last few years we’ve built a pond (I’m sure Julie…

We have finally had some rain so now have running water all day which is making life so much easier and our surviving plants are doing well. With building the summer kitchen the old flower beds were in the wrong places so new ones had to be built. The rain has allowed me to  dismantle…

Since our last post (in May) we did get some rain in June but nowhere near enough to restock the IBCs or the water supply to the village. Last night it rained and we got all excited but it passed by far too quickly. The water situation in the village is pretty desperate. All our…

Life here for us has pretty much gone on as normal. Apart from having to wear a mask in any public indoor places and keeping your distance in shops things are getting back to normal. The government has opened up the cities again and we are free to travel, also bars and restaurants that have…

The new year didn’t start to well, one of our freezers decided to pack in. It was here when we bought the house so we don’t know how old it was but we’ve had 5 years out of it. Fortunately for us last year we jarred all of out fruit and vegetables and instead of…

The weather has been unusually mild for the time of year. In fact we’ve had the hottest October on record and along with the high temperatures came no rain. That has all changed and all though it is still mild for the time of year we now have some rain. We have taken advantage of…

Well its September but there is no sign that autumn will be arriving any time soon. The thunderstorms finally stopped about the end of July and since then we’ve hardly had a drop of rain and with day time temperatures still reaching 30C it still feels very much like it is still the middle of…

Can’t believe it’s June all ready, where has the year gone. Well we are pleased to say the winter experiment with the peas, beans and lettuces has gone really well and we will definitely be doing it again this winter. We have just harvested the last of our winter beans and peas and normally our…