Winter Cleaning
It was a great week without rain! I know rain is needed, but a break was needed, too. Three weeks ago when the rains started, on a stormy night, the wall of our property suffered and a few meters of it fell down. It is a wall over 100 years old, made of heavy rocks. Finally the weather permitted its reconstruction - and it feels great not to have the rubble around. It is amazing the amount of rocks that a wall contains!
We have collected rocks like that all fall - Originally this ground was a vineyard so it was narrowly terraced. Through the years, some of which of abandon, some of the terraces were undone, fused, vanished - and now we find these big rocks, previously from the walls all over the ground. We are collecting them, preparing for a pond-landscaping for later in the spring. Right now it is more important to start pruning.
This last week our gardeners started the pruning/cutting process. Last year we planted about 60 fruit trees on the ground. They are fine, but the older trees are overgrowing. Olive trees need to be opened up, plums have to be trimmed down, fig trees are too tall. We hope next year in the winter we can use some of this for fireplace...
I am anxious to get all this done: I have so many plans for little corners and nooks in the garden for the spring, but in order to do all this, a lot of gardening needs to be done. I will keep you posted on its progress. In the meanwhile, please do give me your opinions on the TV question of last week!
We have collected rocks like that all fall - Originally this ground was a vineyard so it was narrowly terraced. Through the years, some of which of abandon, some of the terraces were undone, fused, vanished - and now we find these big rocks, previously from the walls all over the ground. We are collecting them, preparing for a pond-landscaping for later in the spring. Right now it is more important to start pruning.
This last week our gardeners started the pruning/cutting process. Last year we planted about 60 fruit trees on the ground. They are fine, but the older trees are overgrowing. Olive trees need to be opened up, plums have to be trimmed down, fig trees are too tall. We hope next year in the winter we can use some of this for fireplace...
I am anxious to get all this done: I have so many plans for little corners and nooks in the garden for the spring, but in order to do all this, a lot of gardening needs to be done. I will keep you posted on its progress. In the meanwhile, please do give me your opinions on the TV question of last week!
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