6 weeks being on the farm...

6 weeks have passed, a lot of life has happened.

I have learnt how to: rotovate & strim fields, plant various vegetables, make a compost heap, make & use a composting toilet, install a wood burner, pick olives, get said olives turned into oil, prune grape vines, prune pear trees, water a field!

I have now officially eaten olives & actually for the first time in my life enjoyed eating them (that's a big thing for me! Pete & Gary I am thinking of you guys).

Not a lot has really changed in/with the house. 

I took a wall and some ceiling down, thus creating a room for us to put a wood burner and have as our lounge area until we re-model the inside of the house next year.

There's a lot of work to be done inside the house, in time it will get done.

We are getting some new windows & a front door sorted soon. Currently you can put your hand through the top & bottom of the front door, I mean... it's only a hand sized gap, nothing too much to worry about! (you can see the gap at the bottom of the door in a pic below!)

We have now added a strawberry patch, some blueberries & raspberries, onions, leaks, garlic, lettuces, pomogranite tree... Who know's what will happen tomorrow, let alone next week! 

I feel like I have been to the gym everyday for the last 6 weeks (minus about 4-5 days of doing as little as possible, which inevitably ended up with me doing some sort of moving something about).

It's not like work, it's like living life and I love it... 

Keep watching this space for more updates.

Some photo's... Enjoy 

Mind the gap (under the door!)

Mum & the previous family sorting the olives out.

630kg of olives off to the mill

Mum with some of our own Olive oil!

field 3572 strimming...

strimmed field

rotovated field

Pomogranite 24/11/15

blueberries

waterways

waterways

Onions, garlics, lettuces, cherry tree, turnips

strawberry growbag!

Major Thanks to Antonio for being a star & coming to annoy us every few days to keep us on track and show us the ropes & teach us more Portuguese. Without him I am sure we wouldn't have done anywhere near the amount of work we have, he's like a motivational tutor of sorts...

Peace 1 <3

WMD