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in the autumn but it's hard as they keep flowering!!

Look at the space you have and the crop you hope to get. You need to be 'space efficient' Potatoes need a lot of space and are cheap to buy and you use a lot ...not a good crop. similar to onions (except spring onions) BUT peppers / aubergines / tomatoes / fresh herbs / cut and come again...

The first thing to do is to decide whether you will need to irrigate any of the plants with a drip / spray system and put that in first. Also try to select the plants that have the same water requirements or some will have too much and some not enough. I made this mistake and it is a right bind...

Hedges for privacy The hedge they use a lot in Spain is called Myoporum (or something similar) I just ask for 'hedge'. It is quick growing, easy to prune at all stages of height and the trunks burn well in the chiminea

Plant thuyas as these can be pruned (carefully) and don't suffer die back if you only cut into the green wood and not the brown

I want to plant a wood with trees idelly suited to Mallorca that will flower and fruit and will encourage wildlife. I plant many flowers for bees and butterflies and sunflowers for the birds but I want to plant a wood. Trees must be tolerant to the dry ground in summer with minimum irrigation :lol: