There are ways to grow really juicy, tasty tomatoes.

Last month, just before we left for a holiday, the blackbirds deserted their nest and four eggs – we don’t know why. It was pretty disappointing, because for the past three years, I’ve enjoyed watching them raise their young in the olive tree.   This year, for some reason, they build in the conifer, only four [...]

Although it’s only Spring, the weather is mid-Summer, with almost every day for the past week over 30C, and not much relief in sight, let alone any rain. Even some of the hardiest plants, such as roses, are beginning to show signs of suffering, and we can’t give them enough water.   Not that we are [...]

Recently, we’ve lost one alo-casuarina, and had a lot of damage to a plum tree and and an apricot tree, due to an as yet unidentified pest. My partner thinks it is the codling moth, but I’m not sure because moths go for the fruit and this particular pest goes for the bark and sap [...]