Day 104 (Sunday 28th Jan)

New flower bed by the poly tunnel

Hemerocallis (sp. unknown)
Paeonia 'Coral Charm'
Iris (sp. unknown)
Rosa Desdemona
Mixed Gladiolis

Day 103

Pomar!

new orchard
this weekend we planted 50 new trees:
Ameixieiras- 5 (plums)
1 Reine Claude de Bavay
1 Thames Cross
1 Santa Rosa
1 Beauty 1
S. Vicente
Cerejeiras- 4 (cherry)
1 Bical Vermelha
1 Bical Preta
1 Bigarreau Napoleon
1 Summit
Macieiras- 6 (apples)
1 Akane
1 Starking
1 Pe de Boi
1 Pomegranate
1 Wellspur delicious
1 Red Spur delicious 

Pereiras-3 (pears)

1 Williams
1 Rocha
1 Dr. Jules Guyot

Pessegueiros- 6 (peach)
1 Longarela 1 EA 46/50 (M)
1 Cardinal (P)
1Armking
2 Paraguaios (Paraguay peach)
Amendoeiras- 4 (almond)
2 Non Pareil 2 Davey

Avelerias- 4 Cocum (hazelnut)
Nogueiras- 2 Juglans Regia
1 Morus alba (white mulberry)
1 Morus nigra (black mulberry)

15 Fraxinus angustifolia (freixo/ash) 
4 Liquidambar  
4 Quercus Rubra (red oak)

Day 102

Day 101

Thursday 25th January

Day 100

Day 99

Our neighbour hearing us work and bringing us refreshments (hot dog and cheese butties and vinho tinto)

Day 98

Clearing for new orchard

Day 97

beginning the pig pen

Day 96

Day 95

Planting new citrus (with an audience!)

Tangerine, Orange, Lemon, Lime

Day 94

plotting the new kitchen garden

Day 93 17th Jan

Paul's birthday!

Day 92

Day 91 15th Jan- three months on

Day 90

sunday 14th Clearing out burnt Mimosa

Day 89

the cavalry! making a start on a new pig house- and clearing the mimosa

Day 88

laying the base for the new pig house

Day 87

Thursday

Day 86

hot tub garden

Day 85

Poly-tunnel recovery!

Day 84

New bird boxes

Day 83

Day 82 (January 6th)

Day 81

Day 80

Olive

Day 79

 so good to have our own eggs again

day 78

Pinheiro Manso Seedling!!! Stone Pine/ Pinus pinea - how exciting is that!

Day 77 New Year's Day 2018

A friend posted us some lovely Iris (various colours), so I've made a new garden area- with the Iris, a couple of David Austin Roses, and a few odds and sods which survived in the poly tunnel. Really can't wait for the Spring now! New day- New Year- New Start!