One Man's Green house Project!

Paul wanted to start a new greenhouse, in place of the old polytunnel. Once we had taken the tunnel down and relocated it temporarily, he started stripping back the terrace wall. Noticing ALOT of large rocks, it soon became apparent that the whole terrace had fallen down. So the first job would be to get the wall back up.

After several weeks of spending his evenings and Sundays building it back up single-handedly, we now have a beautiful wall for the new greenhouse to sit against. It also includes a little store room with a curved brick ceiling.

So we have the wall- next stage is the metal frame, and then a newly designed kitchen garden! (watch this space!)

Outside stuff!

Lots been going on outside- we have started building a log shed. It's a nice place to sit and drink a small glass of vinho porto after a hard days logging :-)

The space underneath the house has been filled in with an amazing granite stone wall (thanks to our favorite stone man Miguel and his assistant). It took four weeks in total and we are so happy with the finished result!

The Weasel

So next job is painting the outside.

2014/15 Catch up- progress at Velagota

Apologies for the lack of posts- somehow or other I seem to have forgotten about our blog! Our friends on facebook can see the progress we have made here, but the blog is also a great diary for us to look back on- so i definately must try harder (yeh yeh i said that last time ;-) ).

anyway- here is a bit of a catch up!

 The kitchen has progressed- with a new bar made from a beautiful plank of chestnut. We always seem to congregate around the area- so having a sitting (& sipping) spot to keep an eye on the chef- works really well for us!

 We also - BIG NEWS!! have a WAIT FOR IT!!!!!! Ceiling!

 This is our favorite to be at the end of the day-  cooking a bit, pouring a glass of wine, putting the music on and taking in the view