After the weather blip, when the temperatures dropped for almost a week down to a very pleasant 25°, things are back to normal and yesterday it reached 33°. Some parts of Spain have had storms, flooding, thunder and lightning but we were very lucky and it passed us by. One late afternoon there were some big splodges of rain and one morning we woke up to damp ground so it had obviously drizzled in the night - but quietly as we hadn't heard it.
So what's been happening here?
Wednesday was market day when we went to buy the only thing we don't grow at the moment - lettuce. For some reason, although we've tried, they always seem to go strong tasting and even slightly chewy. I think it's too hot, it's certainly not a lack of water, but one of our neighbours grow plenty of lettuces - and in very grotty looking soil as well! So maybe next year I'll try a different variety of seed and a different piece of land.
7 large lemons fell off the tree - extremely ripe - and so they got made into lemonade. 2 litres, one in the fridge and one frozen until we need it. So refreshing and no additives!
Friday some friends came up in the morning and went away with strawberry plants, half a dozen red (and) hot chillis and a cucumber. The strawberries are going mad at the moment putting out runners everywhere but still flowering and fruiting as well.
Pool cleaning this morning and watering day tomorrow. The acequias are baked dry and weed free so it doesn't take long for the water to flow from olive tree to olive tree, where it then has a 'bowl' to fill before overflowing along to the next tree. A little tweeking here and there sends it down smaller channels to the oleanders, lemon tree and orange tree. At the same time, we refill all our storage tanks for the vegetable plots and also water the vegetables. So a busy morning, but during the afternoon, the water can be left to flow by itself while I get on with the important things of life - relaxing and swimming for a couple of hours.
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