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...
by JoyceRemco | Jan 15, 2025 | Florago
One of our dear friends was very enthusiastic about receiving the freshly preserved olives. With Christmas eve she spontaneously organised an olive tasting celebration with her family. Ten people tasted on taste, firmness, salt-bitterness balance, whether the stone is...
by JoyceRemco | Nov 24, 2024 | Florago
It is so nice that the first year we can already eat so much olives from the land. After picking them it was a process of weeks, but all the olives are in the recycled jars. Besides from the ones we have already eaten of course ;-). So beautiful to taste how the...
