Autumn Garden
After 29 degrees yesterday the weather has turned into a wintery chill. A lot of the fruit trees have lost their leaves without the glamour of a colour change. Everything is so green! The pomegranites and figs are splitting with all the rain. For the first time ever the olives are ready to harvest. I'll pick the first ones today and try the simplest preserving method - rock salt. I'm putting off the water changing methods for as long as possible. The strawberry guava has ripened nearly all of last year's fruit and they are beginning to fall due to rain and wind. I might need to freeze some for jam or wine as we are not going to be able to eat them all.