Month June 2026

Unsurprisingly, we suffer from a lot of flies and can’t use flyspray because of Ludvig and Harry the Lovebird who are both sensitive to chemical sprays. I therefore try natural fly deterrents, and when I saw the lemons and clove,…

After a long time I finally got my bike out again and have cycled into San Cibrao a couple of times. The first was to get bread, the second was on Sunday to get familiar with the roads from a…

This is the wall of the house on the other side of the lane. It’s not lived in and I don’t think it has for years – at least not lived in by humans. However this wall is FULL of…

We’ve been thinking about what to do with the piece of garden to the left of the house when stood with our back to the front door. It’s the strip that runs the length of the property and ends where…

This is really to act as a reminder for me about our hydrangea cuttings. I had taken cuttings from a variety of hydrangeas along the side of the railway track and hadn’t really given much thought to if there were…

From the supermarket in San Cibrao we have a number of good picnic options – however the wind has a lot of say in which we choose as some of our favourite places are quite exposed and not great on…

It turns the very lightest shade of blue!! I took a lot of hydrangea cuttings last year – including some from the big one we have in our front garden and I wondered about changing the colours by changing the…