Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Anyone for lemons?


After a savage cut back three years ago the lemon tree has done us proud and produces many thousand fruit every year. Only thing is we only use maybe ten in a good year and now they are all falling on the floor!

Anyone need lemons? - apply here with a stamped addressed envelope

Friday, February 24, 2012

Iceland

Quinta do Lago
On the subject of ice, whilst there has been plenty in the UK recently there hasn't been a drop of rain in the Algarve for months. Instead, blue skies reign and I've had the irrigation in the garden running all winter, not very environmentally sound I know.