T is for Tomatoes

 Hello Ladies, hope you are all well.  Not much excitement around here, same old, same old but at least we are healthy. Vaccines have finally started at our medical centre at last, for over 80's!!! Might be awhile before I get called.

We finally managed to buy the Tomatoe plants and a basil plant last week, they look like bush cherry tomatoes, they are so cheap to buy but DH loves to have something to do and enjoys growing them.

Our fruit  Bushes, the stick looking things, have finally started to have green growth on them so hopefully they will have some fruit this year, if not I'm afraid their days are numbered. The strawberries are still growing and flowering although they are slow to ripen.

You might wonder about the canes across the veg plot, we have to keep those there to stop the cats digging it up and pooping all over it, sorry I know many of you are cat loves but it truly is disgusting. We've also put Pine bark on the top to help but it seems the birds like to dig in that.

We saw the goats again, they were in the vineyard this time eating the weeds around the plants. I didn't realise just how many they had, they were all fighting to escape their pen when we drove past but I was too late to get a photo as they had gone off somewhere when  we went past on our way home.

Friday we were naughty again and had fish and chips although we had to sit just around the corner from the beach, it was so hot in the sun, there's no benches either to sit on so we parked in the shade, still in sight of the beach, we actually saw two people swimming, not sure it would be warm enough for me just yet.

 The white building is a church and on Fathers Day, which I think is this Sunday, is a big celebration here in Spain, I've seen people outside listening to the service as it's been packed inside.

This is the smaller Marina on the edge of the Puerto

My drink related post for this week, I made some Kumquat Liqueur with a few we had left on the tree, it was an easier recipe than I've used before, just Brandy, Kumquats and sugar into a jar and shake every day for two months.

It's quite a cute bottle, I gave a friend some Kumquats years ago and she made a liqueur and gave me a sample in this bottle, as you can see it didn't make too much.

I only had a taste on my finger but it tastes very smooth, I will save it for the family to try when they finally get to visit again.

We've had sunny and warm weather all week but apparently it's going to change over the weekend, rain again,  I actually dug my shorts out to wear around the garden, never mind I still haven't dismantled the fire so it's all ready if we need it.

Keep Safe Ladies, Happy T Day

Jan S