The landscape changes quickly from winter to spring look. White daisies are all over the place, more than anemones that accompanied us through winter time. I know it is not spring yet, but the temperature is high, most days are shiny, and yesterday morning I was wearing a t-shirt, so even though they say that the following days will be cold and rainy, I just smell the spring that inevitably will come.
Time for pruning here. Both olive trees and grapevines. We don't have vineyards, we are still thinking about it. Maybe some time we will. For now I am observing and asking those who know.
The pruned grapevines look a bit like zombies, don't they? Reclaiming life!
In a morning walk, at the spring of the village, I saw these branches. I had never seen till now keeping the pruned branches in the water. I only knew they keep them in the fridge or in wet cloths until they are ready to plant them.
But then, I saw some baskets full with fresh-pruned branches in water as well.
So, this is the way they do it in this village. Keep them in the water. I asked one of the farmers and he told me that it is not the best way to do it, but the land he was planning to plant them was not ready yet and he was not prepared for keeping them longer than a couple of days.
The variety of the grapevines above is liatiko. A local variety, produces delicious red wine, but a bit unstable in transportation. You have to know how to do it well! 
One super interesting thing I didn't know was HOW to cut the branch in order to replant it. You cut the fresh part of the branch with a a small part of the old body at the bottom (the eye as we call it) that will become the root of the grapevine. First photo is underwater, I had to lift one up to show you better.
And a quick walk at the olive trees! Happy to announce that they look healthy and happy. This is a rented field and a couple of months after renting it, some trees started dying. They were already ill but we had no idea. The problem was still invisible when we were signing the rental papers.
And one more proof that spring is here! The first (and only for now) buds! At the end of February! They usually bloom on May.
Almond trees blossoming and busy bees.
Carobs growing, the last oranges of the season, some tangerines, many lemons, weird lemons and a happy dog!
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Flowers and colors. Wild calendulas have also started blossoming.
For the end, we are going at the nursery for some new life finding its way to thrive. Hopefully :)
These are local cucumbers (xylaggouro). For me, not being from Crete, the moment I tasted it I realized that I don't want to cultivate the normal cucumber anymore. This one is so crunchy!
And lovely bok choy from the seeds of 
If you would like to know more about me this is my introduction post!