Note – 2026-01-23 11:50
Bumper very colourful chili crop this year. We ended up with 4 full dehydrating trays that are currently drying.
Tag: Garden
The Hidden Lake, To Share or Not to Share?
Water of a piercing blue, fringed by beaches of sand the colour of the Sahara. We were, of course, immediately captivated. A plan was formed.
The Great Unraveling - From Pre-Trip Chaos to the Joy of the Unknown
There’s a certain magic that settles in once you’re finally on your way. The frantic energy of the last few weeks begins to dissolve, replaced by the gentle hum of the engine and the promise of advent...
Note – 2025-09-22 12:15
Got lots of ripe tomatoes donated by a friend that need something doing to them quickly. Passata Rustica it is then, flavoured with basil from the garden. Simple, quick and very tasty.
Note – 2025-06-22 10:12
@[email protected] I agree. We harvest our own olives for oil and never put poison down on our land. Harder work to collect but ultimately purer oil
Note – 2025-06-22 09:19
@[email protected] unfortunately it seems that commercial olive farmers do spray
Note – 2025-02-27 12:30
Health and safety. I sometimes cringe when my Spanish neighbor and good friend comes round to help as he has no comprehension of danger. He thinks nothing of standing on a thin olive branch atop a dod...
Note – 2024-11-24 14:29
After a month of marinating some of our lemons in alcohol, today I completed the final steps and added sugar water before bottling. Home made Limoncello. Salud!
Note – 2024-11-15 19:28
@tapasinthesun When olives are harvested early, the chlorophyll is particularly intense, and that makes the oil a dark green hue. As the harvest continues, the olive oil’s color changes to a somewhat...
Note – 2024-11-14 20:32
We collected 240kg of olives from our land over the past couple of days. Today came the exciting part when we took them down to the local mill. Here they do the first press of the olives and in return...
Note – 2024-11-11 11:33
Earlier this year we planted two small apple trees (Royal Gala & Pink Lady) and have religiously made sure they have been well supplied by water throughout the summer. Very satisfying today to be able...
Note – 2024-11-10 17:54
@[email protected] @khusky I think it is. We swap olives for oil. No money changes hands. The oil is direct from the collective and is a result of the first press of the olives. The collectiv...
Note – 2024-11-10 17:48
@[email protected] @khusky with our small amount of olives we take to a local collective
Note – 2024-11-10 12:22
@khusky and I have been collecting olives today. We collect by hand rather than hit the branches with sticks or use machinery. It takes much longer and is not as efficient but in a funny sort of way i...
Note – 2024-11-10 07:36
@axwax exactly the same with our olives this year. We have few really good trees with fat olives then the rest are very sparsely populated if at all. A strange year.
Note – 2024-10-25 12:33
@TimKStanton after the high cost of living for a week in the UK it's nice to use things from the garden to produce items that we shall use. All that is needed is our own input.
Note – 2024-10-25 12:12
Productive first full day back in Spain 🇪🇸 Homemade granola bars for hiking trips and a large batch of homemade limoncello on the go. Just got to process those magnificent pomegranates
Note – 2024-09-19 19:59
@[email protected] supermarket tomatoes taste like flavoured water compared to the amazing taste of the home grown variety
Note – 2024-09-13 06:36
We don't ever regret utilising and repurposing the swimming pool as a greenhouse. I'm not much of a water baby and swimming pools take a lot of maintenance. How much better to use that water to grow f...