End of the month. April has gone fast and after settling
down and having establish some sort of new
daily routine in Locoe land, I am now back to Marazzino seaside house.
Lesley is coming back tomorrow after a brief visit to Chris in Edinburgh and
Drumnadrochit. We are planning to have our few days holidays. One day here then
visiting the picturesque town of Bosa on the west side of the island.
Just a couple of days before going back to Locoe. On Sunday the 6th
of May my brother has organised a day walk on the Goceano area where he lives.
A mountainous location rich of native trees. The following Sunday another walk is going to take place on the
high peaks of the Oliena mountain. Hopefully it will not be too hot ( 1400
metres).
Our Kiwi plant
As for the weather, it has been very good in the last couple
of weeks but tomorrow and up to Thursday rain is forecasted again. This will be
good for the vegetables recently planted and to give an extra help to broad
beans and peas in their final production. So far we have collected around 180
kg of broad beans!! Still more to be harvested.
Some harvest....
The potatoes we planted a month ago are already well out and
the ones planted on the 4th of April are out and getting stronger.
For them too the rain will be a bonus. Water at the moment is not a problem as
both wells have abundant water in them.
Soon the amount of water we will be able
to take out will be limited. At the moment we can take out water every 4 hours
for about 10 minutes. In dry season the
minutes of water will be reduced to 4.
Potatoes on the way
Progress on the house roof is well on the way. We are
recycling some aluminium gutters which need to be fixed at the end of the roof
before we complete the tiling part of it. Generally we are happy with what we
have achieved so far . As for my plans to live with around 300 euros per month
, I am not there yet but very close. In the first month the total was 312 and
so far this month is 274. This is referring to a calculation which includes our
wine, our oil and our bread ( for a total of 86 ) as if we were buying them
from a shop. Also includes electricity (
20 ), gas ( 9.50) Vodafone Hub ( 20 ). I am happy with the outcome so far, but
there is still space for improvement.
In a month time we will be back and it will be interesting
to see how I will feel leaving back the tranquillity, the colours, the fresh
air, the outside work and the sunshine behind . It was a very long time
since I was here in Sardinia for so
long. I can see more things happening ahead, but better stick to what we have
planned so far.
Vines leaves progressing well
