In Crete, where I live, December is the main month for harvesting the olives . I am no exception to this rule so my main activities this month are around olives too. The most physical tiring but most fulfilling month, I might add!
I have already told you how to prepare edible olives in this post, a couple of weeks ago and I hope I'll have the time to tell you all about the olive oil extraction soon enough but this post is not about olives but about December on the farm.
So what else is going on around here! Let's begin with the tangerines, this beloved winter fruit that just got ripen a few days ago.
And the lemons too, although we are going to have lemons for many months while tangerines are for a single harvest.
At the vegetable garden I found the last eggplant and the last pepper of the season. The plants will probably survive through the winter but I don't expect from them any more fruits this year.
Physalis peruviana or most commonly cape gooseberry or golden berry, is continuing to deliver although it is having a hard time with the strong winds.
Parsley and chicory have become volunteers, no need to plant them any more!
Actually I haven't planted many things this season, time seems to fly faster than usual the past few months but I did put in the ground a few seeds of broad beans and pea vines.
And of course sour grass, a lot of it! It grows practically everywhere and it is a real hassle to control it but at least I have found a way to use it. I add some in my green salad for its sour taste and it can even replace lemon in some occasions. Always in small doses though it can get quite harmful.
I would like to close this mini tour at my farm with a calendula flower because beauty is always welcome :)
The pictures were taken by me yesterday and the day before with my Canon EOS 7D and a Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM Macro Lens attached.
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