Fruit & nuts from the garden
There are a number of fruit trees and vines in the garden at varying stages
of maturity, including 29 farmed olive trees.
Next to the laundry block is a plum tree producing beautiful golden plums in late spring.
There are four vines around the terraces which, according to the previous owner, are all Rioja grapes. We usually miss the ripe grapes (September to early October) but those we have tried have been delicious.
By the swimming pool is a large orange tree. This produces
Seville oranges, which are not for eating, but they make superb
marmalade. Just below the pool is a small eating orange tree and there are small lemon
and lime trees beside the entrance porch. These are too immature to produce fruit yet.
Only the larger fig trees produce any fruit. These are behind the house and on the slopes above the pool.
There are a number of Prickly Pear plants (pictured here) higher up in the garden, two of
which are close to the 
pool. Apparently (not just hearsay, it is written in the book Gardening
in Spain), the juicy fruit is edible but we have not tried it.
Behind the laundry block is a big almond tree which, so far, has been fairly sparse on the
production of almonds and most of those are out of reach. We have managed to harvest a few and they have been excellent.
There are also several smaller almond trees around the pool and the house.
Along the driveway is a variety of pomegranates, quince and custard apples.
The Olives are harvested in the Spring. The entire crop goes to the local Co-operative to make oil although there are some trees which produce olives for eating around the terraces.
If you are interested in how the Spanish harvest their olives, have a look here: Harvesting olives
Visitors are free to consume any ripe fruit or nuts they may find in the garden. However, do not attempt to eat the olives. All olives need to be processed before eating or you will end up with a very bad stomach ache.