wOrK iN tHe lAnD ...

Since all the others left for Porto and other places we've been having more time to work in the land... the land needs it and I enjoy it...
Tim still helped to start pruning the Olive trees and now I'm doing the rest...but it will take time...I'm making maybe 3 or 4 a day, so it will take almost one more month to finish... but shantii, shantii as always...
I also have good neighbours who have been giving me tips on how to do things, because most things are new for me and they have been doing this for quite a while...

My neighbour Tia Adelina also brings us potatoes and onions for us as she has much left from last year...
I don't have a tractor or machines, so I just prepared a small part of the land where the soil is already good and is also  next to the smaller pond, so it´s easier to get buckets of water...we don't have pipped water yet... It's hard, but fun... 

Many times I think about Jesus´ parables about sowing and harvesting... I think it's the hardest work to prepare the fields, especially those who were never planted or are abandoned for long time...But it's so cool to see in the end how it's all nice and ready to plant... I love it !!!










the garlic is loving it, they are growing so fast !!!

Some herbs too...


In the morning, before breakfast, I go to water all the plants and little trees... it's not so easy yet, as we don't have piped water... so , this is the way for now, with buckets, taking the water from the pond.

I'm so thankful for the abundance of water in this place... Often I remember  Daher's farm in Palestine, the "Tent of Nations", where they collect the rain water during the winter in cisterns underground and then they pump it up and water every tree by hand... hundreds of them... wow...that's hard work !!! nothing compared with my little effort here...


Miri has already finished our cold house to grow some seeds...She's so good and detailed in all she does... we must have the best green house here...
now it's the season for most of the seeds to bloom...

Eddie was just finishing details on our first guest room and tool room...it's so nice... Good work Eddie, and Sven at the start...

We also have nice chilled times at the end of the day...like this one when we decided to have a face mask ... Not to become more beautiful but to remember how beautiful we are ...

Miri's mom sent this package with all sorts of things, sweets, cheese, etc... and also face masks...
It was fun, and our skin did feel better... Except Eddie who by mistake put the cream first and not the mask...