by Faith | May 28, 2025 | Farm Life, General, Uncategorized
Growing Strawberries The first few years of living in Portugal I did not do very well at growing strawberries. There were not very many and it was not a very long season. Now there are masses of them, every day, every year, and the last few years the season has...
by Faith | May 4, 2025 | Farm Life, General
What to Prep? When all the C@vid craziness happened, I was one of the people prepping. You never knew when another lockdown would happen or what craziness they’d come up with next so it made sense to be very prepared just in case. Over the last few years, I’ve been a...
by Faith | Apr 24, 2025 | Farm Life, General
How living off-grid changed me… I moved to Portugal almost 8 years ago, as I had wanted to live in a more sustainable and natural way for a VERY long time. So, when I saw what people were getting up to here it seemed like a dream come true! I believe living off-grid...
by Faith | Apr 7, 2025 | Farm Life, General
What I wish I’d known when buying my first place in Portugal… I know a lot of people here are currently looking for property in Portugal and I thought this may be a helpful post for some of you. I wish I’d known… That unless you see with your own eyes the...
by Faith | Apr 3, 2025 | Farm Life, General, Uncategorized
My Homesteading Journal is here! For years now I have wanted somewhere to write down all my plans, dreams, goals, research, planting, harvesting, egg collection, animal purchases and preserving down. I wanted to be able to keep track of what is happening on the land...
by Faith | Apr 2, 2025 | Farm Life, General, Uncategorized
Broody Chickens Although chickens can and will go broody any time of year, they mostly do this in the spring and early summer. You’ll know a chicken is broody because she won’t want to get off her eggs (apart from for a short time to eat and drink) and will become a...
