Earlier in this thread I have mentioned the fact that an attempt is being made to create a garden from an area adjoining the main village church that has been allowed to go to waste. This is still ongoing and my wife and others have been making mosaic inlaid tables and place mats that will be raffled off in the coming months to raise more money for the project. In the meantime we have been begging, borrowing (but not stealing!), small trees and other plants, soil, tiles, anything that could be useful, from the Forestry Department, local nurseries, builder's suppliers, etc, so as to be ready once we can go ahead. One task that we delegated to the village workers was to prune a couple of olive trees that were already in situ on the land. Below is what we found when we went this morning. Almost enough to make a grown man weep!