Saturday, July 7, 2012

Lazy Days (2) The Olive Grove

Apart from welcoming friends and anyone else fleeing from a wet and grey summer in the UK we have been keeing busy trying to bring some order to the Olive grove.

With an Olive grove of 180 odd trees there is always something to do especially in May when everything is growing before your eyes at a rate of knots and far too fast to keep on top of.

Now after a month of no rain things are slowly coming to a standstill. We are slowly cutting all the grass which means some early starts to work in the cool of the day before it gets too hot and some sore muscles too afterwards.

Even though the Olives need a lot of work (and have not porduced much oil to date) the grove itself however is a source of much pleasure . It is an oasis of wild flowers the variety and colours the like of which I have never seen before.