Another view of San Cibrao
We went shopping and then headed to the other side of the estuary in San Cibrao and had a picnic looking over the beach from the other side. It was quite a different view. The mermaid is there towards the…
Month June 2024
Not asparagus but…
Not sure why, but these photos are all a bit faded. We discovered that nasturtium seeds can be used as capers, and are rather nice. Having collected the ones in our garden we decided to do a bit of nasturtium…
Different Approaches to Weeds (Not our huerta!!)
I noticed that one of the people who comes to tend his huerta near us harvests ferns and uses them to keep down weeds and to keep moisture in the soil. What a good idea. We’ve been quite successful at…
Pebbles!
This is the first batch of pebbles and stones which I finished tumbling. There’s actually another stage to polish them to a high shine, but I think I prefer the more satiny look, particularly since some of the stones are…
Huerta 1 June
We’ve been a little slow with our vegetable garden this year. I think we’ve both decided that we really don’t love gardening – therefore our aim is to concentrate on ‘commodity’ veg, the staple veg we buy regularly which will…