The open patio beside the house, where the baby aloe vera plants in small pots sit happily next to the larger plants we’ve propagated them from. It’s a lovely part of the property, and the plants love it; with chicory flowers and daisies in the grass, young mango and avocado trees, and rose and blackberry plants curling up the wooden beams.

After a short holiday, we’re back to work, with a lot of basic land management tasks and a few small repairs including fixing the low power electric wire that runs down the side of the grove at home to discourage the wild boars from feasting on the vegetable garden. It hasn’t, and they didn’t.