After the rain...

After the rain  we've had wall to wall sunshine,  hardly a cloud in the sky during the day, just a bit of haze seems to come over just before sunset.  And when the sun does set, the temperature plummets.  It's like someones turned off the heating  out there,  so we do a quick dash indoors and light the estufa.  I know I said we hadn't needed it, but over the last few days it's been alight every evening. 

Just got a quick photo of the mulberry tree tonight as the sun was setting, it's really autumney.

A few weeks more and all those leaves will be down on the ground - hopefully we can get them raked up and into the compost before they blow away. 

The first broad beans are up, as are lettuces and pak choi.  That's a new one for us,  supposed to plant it in the spring but our autumns are so mild they are like a second spring and as the lettuce grows again now I thought why not try it?  It will be planted  again in the spring  the same as the lettuce seeds do.  Just waiting for the coriander and parsley seeds to spring into life - they all went in the same day so shouldn't be long now.  More beans went in the week after,  the garlic beds are prepared and I just need to sort through last years crop that we stored to see what is worth eating and put some aside for replanting.  It hasn't all stored that well, a bit rubbery feeling so don't know if we should eat it or not.  But as there is plenty of space, it'll probably get planted and if it grows that's good, if not - well, never mind.