Category Archives: The Farm

Olive Harvesting

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Ian

We have never been able for one reason or the other, mainly work, to harvest our olives. This year as we are now both retired we took the decision that we would. We were keen to convert some into oil … Continue reading →

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Archaeology, well sort of!

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ian

On one area of our land we had an old concrete water tank, which every year filled with rain water and was full of frogs and the detritus that comes with them. It was obviously used to push water up … Continue reading →

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Farm & Garden – March 2017

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Ian

Wow, we are off to an excellent start to the month/year, Snr Proenca has been at our place at the end of last week and the start of this and from the pictures I have seen is doing an amazing … Continue reading →

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The Farm – October 2016

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Ian

We should be starting to think about harvesting the olives now, but unfortunately this year once again we are not going to be able to harvest. Work commitments just will not allow. We have tried a number of alternatives to … Continue reading →

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The Farm – September 2016

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Ian

We needed to get to a base point before we can start to develop the farm in a way that we can maintain and use it in a way that suites our way of living. We think we are nearly … Continue reading →

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The Farm

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Ian

Background The original farm was about 2 acres, we have used about half of that to place the house and pool and have added about another acre with an addition purchase, so are back to about 2 acres. The newer … Continue reading →

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