{"id":4442,"date":"2017-07-04T13:14:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T12:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/test\/test\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2017-07-04T13:14:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T12:14:25","slug":"the-heat-is-on-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/test\/the-heat-is-on-still\/","title":{"rendered":"The heat is on (still)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re now into July and the heat is still relentless. In the aftermath of the fires, the controversy regarding the growing of eucalyptus has intensified. In fact a number of villages have decided to not wait for government (in)action and are taking matters into their own hands and have decided to chop all the eucalypts down within a certain radius of the village. \u00a0Lets hope it makes a difference. After the fires we actually had some rain. Well not much more than a shower but it was enough to coat the truck in ash. Although we’ve had it for a few years I had to give it a wash for the first time!<\/p>\n

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In garden news, I forgot to mention previously that for the first time we had a decent harvest of loquats. We did what we do with all the fruits – made jam and crumble.<\/p>\n

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We’ve also had the yellow and red plums and are currently waiting for the huge amounts of greengages to ripen. Despite the heat and little rain, the apples have done really well as have the pears which should be next up. Jackie will be reporting on the veg patch later this month (hopefully it hasn’t completely frazzled by then), but I wanted to say that the corn on the cobs were as delicious as ever. They are probably my favourite product of the veg patch.<\/p>\n

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In June we also had Jackie’s dad over so we’ve been doing that most Portuguese of traditions – throwing sardines on the barbie!<\/p>\n

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We’re now into July and the heat is still relentless. In the aftermath of the fires, the controversy regarding the growing of eucalyptus has intensified. In fact a number of villages have decided to not wait for government (in)action and are taking matters into their own hands and have decided to chop all the eucalypts down within a certain radius of the village. \u00a0Lets hope it makes a difference. After the fires we actually had some rain. Well not much…<\/p>\n

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