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Comment on Offal and orchids by George

George — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:37 +0000

Love the photo of you in the garden. We’ve just sold our house, so we should be in Portugal next Feb!! (woo hoo). I agree that the blue stripe makes the house look more portuguese.

Comment on Offal and orchids by idalina

idalina — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:30:54 +0000

I miss Portugal so much! Nice to read your article and the the beautiful photos.
All the best in lovely Portugal.

Comment on Offal and orchids by richard

richard — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:14:31 +0000

True about the weed/flowers. We have decided if they grow wild they will grow easily in our garden so we’ve grabbed a few while out walking and transplanted them with some success. This includes the cistus which grows everywhere, so we now have some wonderful white and pink flowers, which look as if they have come from the garden centre! We also have plenty of poppies, mallow and a few other unidentifieds.

The mirror orchids will be there they are just a bit tough to find!

Comment on Offal and orchids by Julie Dawn Fox

Julie Dawn Fox — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:03 +0000

The paté sounds really tasty, Richard, although I prefer the boring stuff

Shame about the plums but at least you’ll get some fruit. I know what you mean about the flowers / weeds. We’ve got several unexpected guests in our garden that I really like, including the poppies. I think I read somewhere that a weed is just a plant in a place you don’t want it to be.

One of the benefits of local council cutbacks is that they haven’t trimmed the edges of the dirt road down to our river so all the flowers are still there. I’m very happy to see that we’ve now got one that I’d only previously seen in your neck of the woods. Plus a lot of orchids but nothing as magnificent as that last photo!

Comment on The green, green grass of home by jackie

jackie — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:30:30 +0000

Jaime: I tried for ages to buy some asparagus here in Portugal but failed. In the end my dad sent me 12 plants from the UK – in the post! I had made one bed for 6 but when I got another 6 I just put them in the ground (spreading out their spidery roots and covering with compost) and they are doing just as well. Have a go!

Comment on The green, green grass of home by Jaime

Jaime — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:32:39 +0000

Jackie, congratulations! I don´t know anyone that grows their own asparagus…it´s not that comun here in Portugal, but now I want to try!! I must do a small research about it, and how to grow them

Comment on The green, green grass of home by jackie

jackie — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:29:13 +0000

Thank you Jaime! It really is so lovely now and we are definitely appreciating it, especially after yellow it goes brown!! The asparagus is our own crop, yes. This is the first year we can pick for the full 6 weeks, we have 12 plants and some are doing better than others but most days there’s plenty to pick.

Comment on The green, green grass of home by Jaime

Jaime — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:48:31 +0000

Beautiful top picture Jackie, a love the April green…but soon it will turn into yellow in the Summer heat:)
is it you own aspargus crop?

Comment on Aguaceiros – again! by Jaime

Jaime — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:22:22 +0000

My father used to do the same kind of willow tunel for beans, french beans and runer beans etc..looks quite nice once the plants has grown all over it by summer…

Comment on Winter wild flowers by jackie

jackie — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:19:15 +0000

Yes, Jaime, we’re really pleased to have found such an excellent site. We have a number of wild flower books but this is great for Portugal.