by JoyceRemco | Oct 21, 2025 | Florago
After a really hot summer, with sometimes temperatures over 40 degrees Celcius, it finally starts to rain. With a lot of rain (83 !!! mm in a day) to come. Well it is good for the land and trees. The lake can fill up completely again. Gladly we can shelter in our van...
by JoyceRemco | Jun 5, 2025 | Florago
Everyone who loves camping dreams of being in a beautiful quiet place in an olive grove. Well we do too and although we have been on very beautiful spots before, we are so much enjoying the beautiful views on the many olive trees on the land. And certainly if you are...
by JoyceRemco | May 28, 2025 | Florago
We are not the only creatures who love fruit and nut trees. Sheep, goats and deer love to nibble at the leaves. Wild boar love to eat the bark, push over the young trees and eat their roots. If the trees are mature, it is not a real problem. But it is not ideal if you...
by JoyceRemco | May 21, 2025 | Florago
Yesterday evening we had a stunning sunset. Where we are the sun is not setting into the ocean, but behind the Serra da Estrelas (the highest moutains of Portugal). At some point a beam was rising up from the sun and it stayed for really a long time. And also the sun...
by JoyceRemco | May 4, 2025 | Florago, Permaculture
Of course we were very curious to see how the land would look after planting all the trees and shrubs last autumn. We were happy to see that 90% of them were blossoming. Some literally at the moment. Funny to notice that most trees we took from the Netherlands were...
by JoyceRemco | May 4, 2025 | Florago
In general the tendency in Portugal is that the land is becoming dryer and dryer. Slowly turning into a dessert where the reservoirs are almost empty. It is possible to change the weather patterns by planting trees. And that is what we did last autumn. That it had...
