Olive flowers / les fleurs d'olivier
At last, after a long cold spring, summer has arrived, with the temperature in the high 20s centigrade, and of course the need to water every day. / Enfin, après un printemps long et froid, l'été est arrivé, la temperature monte et on a besoin d'arroser chaque jour.
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The roses are out and so are the lizards / Les roses sortent et aussi les lézards.
 |  The borlotti beans are climbing and the cucumber plants are flowering / Les haricots grimpent et les concombres fleurissent. |
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We've picked the last artichokes (a sad moment for me) and the new potatoes are ready to eat. / Nous avons ramassé les derniers artichauts et les pommes de terre précoce sont prêtes à manger.
 |  The tomato plants are doing well and the November sowing of broad beans are nearly over - we're saving these for seed as the variety, Seville, has given us a wonderful crop. |
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Our first courgette and first pepper have appeared. / La première courgette et le premier poivron ont apparu.
6 comments:
High 20's indeed! Right now it's 29° which is too hot for the locals to be working out but still alright for me. It's a plus to have grown up in a tropical environment since only when the humidity peaks is when my brains begin to cook in the heat. Either that or I'm a sucker for punishment! Love seeing the photos of your courgette and pepper. Still waiting on mine!
Those artichokes made my mouth water. So sorry they are your last for the season. End of season is so bittersweet. I don't particularly miss the end of courgette season, though.
Your veggies are all further on than ours, but then everything here is about a month behind down in the valley, so no surprise there!
Those roses look gorgeous.
Mouth-watering, as always. I love the lizard.
There was a nursery from Essex showing at Chelsea who are attempting to establish a grove of olive trees - presumably for trees only, I can't imagine they would have much luck with cropping olives.Mind you they might be looking at the long term - what with global warming etc!
Everything in your garden is looking lovely - I'm looking forward to my first tomato, but it will be a while yet.
lovely garden. I lack your Mediterranean climate, but I am just about to take a lunch break from gardening to check out a new Mediterranean restaurant.
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