Clearing the garden
Ian has started clearing the corner of the garden which we’ve been using for garden waste and has been very overgrown. If I was stood looking out with my back to the front door, this is the corner of the…
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Family of boars!
This is where they were a nano second before I had my phone ready and camera on ☝️ (it’s not a very good pic as it was still quite dark) I saw a boar cross the road, and unlike the…
Pebble Beach
We went to collect some more pebbles for tumbling. We didn’t go to the beach we went to last time as it’s by os Catedral beach, which gets very busy in the summer. So instead we went to a pebble…
Not the best bench in the world…
This is a more humble bench, and while it may not proclaim itself the Best Bench in the World – it was certainly worth a visit 🙂 After going to San Cibrao shopping, we turned left and went to somewhere…
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…
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…
Pixie goes to the vet
Pixie has to go to the vet in Burela every six or so months for a blood test so they can check the levels of medication she’s takes. It’s always a bit traumatic as she doesn’t like going – and…