Wow what a storm we had , the day before yeaterday just out of nowhere it clouded over, started thundering and then for almost 12 hours it rained.... and rained, and rained... and then it rained some more... our drive up to the house which is actually a Municipal road is now a mud track... its never been good but is now dreadful... Rik is going to approach the Camera(council) and try to get something done, the logger lorries just ruin the roads... at least we are lucky and have two ways in, the road down from the village through the forest although its not great is still better and passable ...
No van on the road yet... we've done the track rod ends, the master cylinder and now three new tyres... bloody hell, three!!! so expensive, Rik then taxed it and this morning has took it to have the engine steam cleaned and spruced up ready for a test this afternoon.... fingers crossed!!
It taken all the money we've saved during the last few weeks to get it this far...
The Garden.
Well we're now eating courgettes (well I am as HE doesnt like them) every day and freezing them for soup in the winter, plus first early green peppers, the butternut squash are everywhere....Aubergines , tons... the french beans are really picking up now, the black fly just vanished... the problem with the green beans hasnt though and sadly I may pull them all within the next few days...
The first of the caulis are coming on nicely and look as if we'll be eating some soon...
Tomatos.... wow... millions , all green yet but with luck we'll have a bumper crop this year...
Sadly all this rain mid season wont help the grapes at all, already some are splitting....
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