Suprises

Plum lines

It has been so hot and dry, day after day. I looked at the fallen plums lying under the tree and some had become wrinkled like old hands. When I bit one it was an incredible sweet and delicious flavour! I had discovered the wonderful taste of a sun-made prune. I picked a few bucketfuls and placed them on drying racks away from the birds.

The shade house had another big surprise for me. I had given up on the coffee that I had planted and was with some friends. Is that coffee? one said.  I was about to say "no, it never came up" but... how did she know I was growing coffee?? There they were; little sprouts with a coffee bean balanced on top! It was months since I had planted them and finally they had come up!!

Coffee beans lurk amongst the carob seedlings

Hidden in the vege patch are some onions too. We fried them with garlic in our own olive oil then mixed them with roast tomatoes, put the mix through the mouli and added a big bunch of basil. I put one teaspoon of the new pasta sauce into my mouth and the taste lingered for hours...

Lovely red onion waits patiently on the block