by JoyceRemco | May 28, 2026 | Permaculture
There seems to be a real love affair between the cork trees and the olive trees on our land. Here is a picture of the most impressive one with a love triangle of two cork trees in a V shape with an olive tree in the middle. This combination is not even unique, because...
by JoyceRemco | May 16, 2026 | Florago, Permaculture
Due to the heavy rain of the past winter, the broom seized its opportunity and overgrown several parts of the land, particularly where the lavender also grows. But with a few hours’ work, beautiful lavender bushes are emerging again, which were blooming...
by JoyceRemco | Oct 30, 2025 | Permaculture
What tree is this? There are still many more overgrown trees to free up from the brambles. It is such a fulfilling job if you hardly can see an olive tree or cork tree anymore and it can shine again. In this case it was an olive tree and at the end of the branches...
by JoyceRemco | Oct 29, 2025 | Permaculture
Last year we did a lot of pruning and it paid off this year. The olive trees we treated last year were full of beautiful olives. It was also better to see, now we pruned them, that we have more varieties. Some growing in bunches and some one by one. Since the summer...
by JoyceRemco | Oct 24, 2025 | Permaculture
Never have we seen an argan nut before. And so surprised that a small tree like this is already giving a nut. That looks promising. We gave the tree some extra protection, so the wild boar and other animals will stay away from this beautiful first present. If anyone...
by JoyceRemco | Jun 6, 2025 | Permaculture
No, we are not mentioning the famous tourist location in the Algarve, south of Portugal. An Al Bufeira is an artificial dam that is filled with water. Though the last couple of years in Portugal the lakes of the dams where almost empty. You could see the trees again...
