Note – 2026-01-23 11:50
Bumper very colourful chili crop this year. We ended up with 4 full dehydrating trays that are currently drying.
Tag: growyourown
Note – 2024-11-24 14:29
After a month of marinating some of our lemons in alcohol, today I completed the final steps and added sugar water before bottling. Home made Limoncello. Salud!
Note – 2024-11-11 11:33
Earlier this year we planted two small apple trees (Royal Gala & Pink Lady) and have religiously made sure they have been well supplied by water throughout the summer. Very satisfying today to be able...
Note – 2024-10-25 12:12
Productive first full day back in Spain 🇪🇸 Homemade granola bars for hiking trips and a large batch of homemade limoncello on the go. Just got to process those magnificent pomegranates
Note – 2024-09-13 06:36
We don't ever regret utilising and repurposing the swimming pool as a greenhouse. I'm not much of a water baby and swimming pools take a lot of maintenance. How much better to use that water to grow f...
Note – 2024-08-30 13:38
Nothing better on a hot summer Spanish day than home made cold Gazpacho soup containing vegetables from the garden - cucumber, tomatoes, garlic, cayenne peppers & onion. The bread was home made too. S...
Note – 2024-08-26 10:45
Today's pick from the garden. Think some hot and spicy sriracha sauce might be coming up
Note – 2024-08-16 08:20
Friday is watering day for us here in the campo. Great to see the olive and lemon trees being nourished in the morning sun. Our young avocados and apples need it every couple of days. Rewarding.
Note – 2024-05-24 09:14
It's Friday and it's also watering day. Making the most of it before the summer
Note – 2024-05-05 11:05
Planted 3 avocado trees on a sheltered spot on a terrace. At our altitude (750m) they might need some tender love and care especially next winter. Hoping they take and produce as we both love guacamol...
Note – 2024-03-23 15:49
Been a busy couple of days working on the land. My neighbour, Antonio, has been helping us install a piped irrigation system. Will save us much manual effort this spring and summer as well as being mu...
Note – 2024-03-16 12:00
The darling buds of Spring! Don't think I've ever seen our mandarin, orange and lemon trees with so many early season buds. The mulberry tree looking good too. Just been out sorting out our watering s...
Note – 2023-08-31 14:17
An amazingly fruity and mind blowing Sriracha salsa prepared by our best cheffie friend, Richard, from our own chillies, peppers and tomatoes. So good to have someone who really knows how to use our l...
Note – 2023-08-21 13:53
Today's pepper harvest from the greenhouse (converted swimming pool 😀 ). Going to freeze this lot into bags ready for the winter
Note – 2023-07-26 16:06
Looking forward to this tonight. A home grown tomato and basil salad with locally sourced garlic and drizzled with a friends olive oil. The simple things in life are the best
Note – 2023-06-28 11:16
First harvest of green peppers. They smell and feel so fresh. Freezing some and maybe having fajitas tonight!
Note – 2023-06-16 09:32
Today's greenhouse harvest. Guess it's a Lettuce, Cucumber and Basil salad 😂
Note – 2023-06-12 14:32
Well our little swimming pool to greenhouse conversion seems to be starting to pay off. The tomato plants are almost my height (1.8m) and we are waiting patiently for them to ripen. The cucumbers are...
Note – 2023-05-14 09:09
3 weeks ago we put a small polytunnel in our swimming pool. Did it to improve water efficiency in a smaller area. Yesterday evening we ate our first lettuce and the rest of the crops are shooting up....