Snapshot Holiday Turkey

So, look at your breakfast table. Cornflakes, toast, eggs, jam, honey to name a few. Where were they produced? Maybe the bread was from the local Tescos, the jam from France, the honey from Greece, the eggs from many miles away in the UK or your the country you are living in. Looking at my breakfast table: Bread - local bakery in Milas Eggs - from the garden thanks to the chickens Olives - from the garden Cheese - from Milas Milk - from Milas Butter - from Milas Honey - from Milas That is just the tip of the iceburg. Milas also produces Tobacco, cotton, corn, fish (inland fish farms), sesame, lettuce, rocket, parsley, basil, cabbage, and the list goes on. This is how it should be!

The sun is out the sky is blue, we have hot water from the solar system, but it is cold, cold, cold. Temperature have taken a tumble and unless you are standing in the sun, you need to wrap up warm and turn the heating up. Milas looks to be slightly colder than Bodrum, but the further you move north the colder it gets. Check out the weather in Istanbul.

It is not so easy to find colour during the winter months. A lot of bushes and shrubs are cut back this time if year ready to bloom in the Spring. I did like this Borganville that has been trained along the stair balustrade. Take in Iris block at Flamingo Country Club.

The majority of people in Milas either own olive trees or have family that do. This is the same throughout Turkey. Olives are vital as a food and for cooking. It is not all standing on the ground knocking the branches with a long wooden pole. Climbing the tree is part if the job, but there are many injuries from falls, so care is required. If you have a good yield, you could have enough oil for cooking plus enough to eat. Trees normally produce a good yield every two years with a partial yield in-between.