House

Some of you might remember the plea for an old toilet cistern? Our friends kindly dug an old one out from their old Victorian Farmhouse (thanks Jack!), and its been sandblasted and re-painted. The toilet and sink came from an old Portuguese barn (thanks Chris!)- and we have created quite a quirky room!

Summer!

Firstly apologies for being so slack on the blogging front! We have been busy doing all the usual stuff- gardening, watering, weeding, taking care (and taking out some) of the livestock, and soapmaking, cooking and working of course!


I have been away to Norway for a few days which was a refreshing break while Paul took some days out to do some jobs in the house. The vegetable garden has been a bit of a disaster this year due to the poultry (especially the geese) finding their way in again and destroying alot of the salads (eating even the chillis!). 9 geese are now in the freezer along with 3 white ducks and bags and bags of tomato ragout!
Pigs are happy- and very vocal! and doing a great job of clearing the paddock- now they have cleared all the scrub they are heading 'down' to dig over the soil.
The gardens around the house are settling in- although it's a bit of a struggle to keep everything watered, so we've started installing some irrigation.

Lots of exciting projects for the autumn- including a new Portuguese soap range! More to follow :-)