The first
of November is a reminder that Autumn
has arrived. This early morning was welcomed by a weak sun rising above
the Oliena mountain and wet ground with new grass starting to grow. This suggests
a different prospective for what we are to expect in the last 3 weeks
here in Sardinia.
rain was very heavy at times
Temperature
has dropped around 10 degrees in the last week.
During
the day if the sun is out it is still very pleasant and working outside is more
comfortable.
The first
rain for months has fallen and yesterday
it was heavy at times. Wet conditions free us from watering plants regularly.
Not long ago we were watering every two days, now we will not water them at all
or perhaps once every 10 days, except the ones in the green houses.
Planting lentils and chick peas for next summer
Our
latest work on the roof seems finally to have made the difference and so far we
have not had any leaks. So, in March next year we will be putting up the final
touches to complete the job once and for all. This is a big relief and seems
like progress.
Our
vegetable gardens ( we have two places plus a couple of green houses) are still
producing greens and some tomato plants still have fruit on them, but we
suspect that with less day light and
less warmth it will be a struggle to get them to mature. More lettuces and cabbages have been planted
and a couple of days ago we also planted a 2 by 30 metre rows of chick peas and
lentils.
still producing beans and other greens
With this
autumn feeling and dampness we are hoping to collect a few mushrooms from the
land over on the river side.
french beans
Halloween
here had no visitors as we are pretty isolated, so there was no knocking on
doors but only far away barking of shepherd dogs. Our dog Rex has been quiet in the last couple of weeks as
he got an infection on the left back leg but after some medication is now
recovering well. Not much disturbance from him during the night
our grapes from the seaside house
First of
November here is a festivity day as people celebrate All Saints and pay respect
to the people who have died, going to visit their place of rest.
More work
was done in our residence in the seaside as more problems had arisen recently
(blockage in the Kitchen sink and the sewage system also not functioning due to
invasive tree roots). We started sorting
these problems a couple of weeks back
and we are going back there next week to complete the job.
new manhole
Everything
else is running as usual and I think work schedules are more settled than
our first visit in this experimental 3
monthly countryside experience.
Olives are ripening and hopefully swelling a bit more with the recent rain
