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Making Hay While the Sun Shines

They say you should make hay while the sun shines and that’s exactly what everyone seems to be doing in Portugal. The fields here on the Silver Coast are generally a lot smaller than those in the UK, but the effect is the same. Everywhere you look there is cut grass gradually turning golden in the sun.…   read more»

Voluntary work in Zimbabwe 2

Dr Barbara; “The family organization and the garden is done. The patients are treated, so now it’s time to do my African box. A big kiss and take care until the 15th of June.”…   read more»

Voluntary work in Zimbabwe

Dr Barbara de Matos Marques is well known among the Expat community here on the Silver coast. She is very committed to her voluntary work for Africa, she raises all the funds privately. Tomorrow she will be leaving on her next aid journey, this time to Zimbabwe. We will be following her progress here on my blog…   read more»

Manglewurzles

We are up to our eyes in manglewurzles at the moment. CG has decided that it would be a lovely thing to feed our animals with as much home grown organic produce as possible, so as usual he has embraced the project with plenty of enthusiasm and has planted them on an industrial scale!…   read more»

Eggs and Bacon

‘Leicester’ the cockerel has at last found his voice, but he sounds like an old car horn! We got him along with the ten chickens destined for our table with a plan to become fully self sufficient in the chicken dinner department.…   read more»