Our almond crop seems to have stood up to strange weather conditions but our olives this year look like being a poor crop.
Attempts to grow vegetables in the ground were pathetic. So I have pulled out a lot of plants and placed them in pots and hey presto! they are coming along nicely.
Salads - thanks to an English friend who is an avid gardener with little time to waste - I have put in various lettuces in patio containers or in large pots under our trees to provide muted light and heat. So leaves to pick have included Barba dei Frati and Freckles. I have also made good use of seed tape including cucumber and dill -pretty as well. I have chili peppers from another friend in Texas.
Tomatoes are very late but again I have adapted the gro bag by buying 50 litre bags of good soil and cutting them open and providing some holes underneath for drainage. Again they are placed under trees.
Fruit - excellent crop of figs both black and green so I guess I will be making my own fig wine again this year. Drinking last year's crop at present. mmm!
Our grapes are lovely but I have to fight off the wasps which is a mixed blessing. The grape vines are now also providing shelter on the west side of the house. I am also trying to grow a climbing pumpkin which is good at flowering but not so good at forming fruit. Maybe autumn will help....
Prickly pear crop is wonderful this year and despite what your eyes are taking in the tongue does get a hint of pear and never over sweet.
Aloe vera stock which we keep planting on will get used more this winter probably as soap with our olive oil and lavender.
I am still on a learning curve with our magnificent carob trees. Collecting the seeds but....
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