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Late Spring 2024 and the growth is unabated.
June approaching fast and much to do. The Olive grove The olive trees are in full flower. This year there seems to be far more than in previous years. The trees have responded well to the warm and wet weather. Hopefully this will translate into a good crop come the Autumn. Strongly…
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April and explosive growth
The land is responding to the rain and unseasonably warm weather. The grass and wild flower growth is crazy and everywhere is looking exceptionally green and verdant with vegetation knee high. Won’t last long, the grasses will soon go to seed changing the colour palette. That said we’re back to winter temperatures again this week. …
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Early April 2024
Early April and Easter was early this year too. And the last couple of days it has become warm again. The growth in the fields is phenomenal after being very wet and now warm – up to 5 to 9 degrees above the normal average. Not only the grass, weeds and wild flowers, but the…
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Spring Equinox 2024
An early summer’s day today. Seven degrees higher than normal. This follows a relatively warm period albeit a very wet period. The ground is sodden and where there are flat areas we have standing water. Far cry from the height of last summer. Everything is growing. The sounds of line trimming and grass cutting all…