Hi Everyone.   This morning, poor Gnome woke up with a terrible crick in his neck.  Despite this pain, he soldiered on since the weather was looking good…a bright sunny start and we were ready for a big clean up with brush-mowing and coconut palm cleaning!!  All of a sudden, grey clouds gathered and blocked out the sun and we had a down-pour at 8am this morning.

And, so the place is still looking bushy:

Gnome took solace in making some more Pet Sulphur and Lime Dip:

Gnome really likes the smell of sulphur; he says he feels cleansed and invigorated from the fumes.

We received a re-order for our new pet product which is used to treat mange, fleas, ticks and ringworm: 

We have decided to recycle old beer bottles to make the product really cheap and affordable.  And, so when we went to the Farm Store in Punta Gorda last week, the manager said to Gnome,

“I’d like to order some more Presidente, please!”

Despite removing all the tell-tale beer stickers from the bottle, the farm store manager and workers still recognised the Presidente branded beer bottle!  This is a picture of Gnome bottling the Sulphur-Lime Dip…now, also known as Presidente!

Anyway, we tried to keep busy.  We harvested our lemons and put them through this cool citrus peeler, which the locals usually use for oranges.

I dry the peel and use it for flavouring of food such as stews, stir frys, soups and of course, limoncello  Also, in the process of peeling, we can catch some essential oil from the peel…about 1ml for every 4 lemons and so to get 30mls(1oz) you need 120 lemons in total!  Just goes to show the value of a tiny bottle of essential oil…the quantities of biomass never ceases to astound me!

Have a lovely Saturday night!!