Note the progression from fine weather until fog and rain on the day of pouring the concrete.

At least the 26 tonne concrete truck that got bogged was pulled out by Tony on his bulldozer!

Plentiful fruit- plums and apples in the orchard now that it is netted- only the chickens can eat the fruit that falls! The two fig trees- in hidden valley and at the forgotten spring are yielding so many that even the native birds leave us buckets of fruit!

Roxy and Merlin are the proud parents of 8 puppies- born on the first day of February and their eyes are only just beginning to open. With 7 boys and 1 girl, the peaceful sleeping and drinking tummies full of milk may just change and they will start to move about and play!

So far; eggs, olive oil, eating olives, fig jam from the two big trees in the valleys if we can get them before the birds, blackberry jam, lemons, oranges, limes, bay leaves, herbs, avocados, passionfruit, medlar jelly, false quince jelly, caramelised cumquat and orange marmalade, and from the orchard-plum jam, apricots, apples, pears, pistachio, pecan, hazelnuts, walnuts and chestnuts, quince paste, plum-cot jam, nectarines, peaches and jujubes.

Maybe one day- spring water now that we have learned how to tap it…..truffles, saffron, capers if they grow

Feral olives and blackberries gradually going by mulching, bull-dozing, chainsawing, spraying and burning- but first the cows eat all of the olive fruit and leaves so they make good fodder!