by Faith | Mar 24, 2025 | Farm Life, General
Fun with Firewood Firewood is a massive commodity here in Portugal as many homes, especially here is rural Portugal are not connected to the mains for electric or gas. Firewood is often used to heat the houses (from a log burning stove &/or radiators connected to...
by Faith | Mar 24, 2025 | Farm Life, General
Wintering In Portugal… I love the slow, purposeful pace of winters in Portugal. The rest f the year can be quite hectic, but not winter, it’s just plodding along and we are forced to take shelter indoors more, nourish, nurture and make plans for the coming year. I...
by Faith | Mar 13, 2025 | Farm Life, Fermented / Cultured / Probiotic, Preserves
How to preserve herbs… Freezing – Pick fresh herbs, chop them up and freeze them into portions as they are or in olive oil or butter in ice cubes trays. These will only stay good/nutrient dense for 1-3mths this way. Drying – Pick fresh herbs and hang them up in...
by Faith | Mar 6, 2025 | Farm Life, Fermented / Cultured / Probiotic, Preserves
Ways to preserve your harvest… It’s easy to get carried away sowing all the seeds and planting all the trees and plants, but what happens if it all actually works? If you end up with hundreds of courgettes (which is so easily done) or you have a bumper crop of...
by Faith | Mar 3, 2025 | Farm Life, General, Uncategorized
Tips for planting in Portugal… I’ve been sharing a number of posts on Instagram recently about how, what and why plant a certain way, particularly in Portugal and I thought’s I’d put them all in one place for you all in this blog (where I can...
by Faith | Feb 18, 2025 | Farm Life, General, Uncategorized
I recently got two new black baby lambs, just 2 months old. Last year we have a friends flock of 30 sheep here for several months and that has inspired me to have a few myself since then. They were quite scared to start with but are now getting us to me and the...
