This is what we are doing in October on our farm in central Portugal.
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October in the garden Portugal
October 9, 2024
Category: Growing Annual Vegetables
Septmeber in the vegetable garden in Portugal
September 7, 2023
What to plant in September in the vegetable gardens in central Portugal
August in the vegetable garden in Portugal
August 13, 2023
What to do in August in the vegetable garden in Portugal. Which seeds to plant and which plants to plant out.
As part of our efforts to keep up with our veg boxes, we need an excellent gardening plan for what seeds to plant and when. So I am finally documenting and sharing our data (in spreadsheets) in a more legible form. Join our mailing list to stay updated.
Organic veg boxes for sale from our permaculture farm
August 6, 2023
We have extended our summer garden of vegetables and are now selling veg boxes to local customers. Each week customers buy a box or €10 or €20 worth of vegetables. Laurence packs each box with what is available that week instead of the customers choosing their vegetables.
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Planting Cover crops in the vegtable garden
December 29, 2022
Welcome to the first edition of the monthly gardening blog that will feature in Central Connect magazine in Portugal. The focus of this article and future articles will always lean towards the edible garden, known in portuguese as ‘A Horta’. To download your copy of the magazine, scroll to the bottom.
What makes the biggest garlic heads
November 22, 2019
It is known that bigger garlic cloves grow bigger garlic heads. But I want to find out how true that is. So this year we are planting the bigger garlic cloves in separate beds to the smaller cloves so we can see it for ourselves.
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Back to Eden Gardening with a twist
January 8, 2019
Back to Eden gardening is a method of gardening from Paul Gautschi it is quite simple and makes complete sense in theory so we are giving it a try with two areas in our winter garden. It is gardening with thick layers of compost and wood chip mulch. more “Back to Eden Gardening with a twist”
