Spring Vegetable Garden and Food Forest Tour Portugal 

Thank you so much 😊

It’s a wonderful time of year. Spring is hugely exciting. Totally understand your feelings about getting seedlings in the ground. 👍

Thank you 😊

Thanks Noddy, and you’re right about another mic. Any recommendations?

Thanks so much, Manuela. I do get quite excited when I’m in the garden. Love the idea of ‘Breaking bud’ 😂

@@NearbyVeggies 🌻💞

@@NearbyVeggies : it is a little paradise on earth!

It’s a delicious apple though not the prettiest. 😀

Oops 😊

Thanks 👍

Wow 🤩 thank you for watching and we’re delighted you enjoyed it.

Much appreciated, thank you 😊

Thank you. It feels like that to us too ( after the day’s work) 😊

Coriander doesn’t like too much heat so we plant it on the cooler sides and in shade. We plant it twice a year.

Oh wow! They’re probably a bit delicate to ship, hence the price. Delicious 😋

We, also living in portugal, get bags of them from our neighbors

@@anthonybutler3157 I'm so jealous! 😋 I'm on the lookout for this season's Loquats, as they should be available shortly. I'm saving up LOL!

Thank you, Owen. Asparagus is a lovely perennial vegetable and worth waiting for. And of course we all have a little harvest to taste (just to be sure it’s worth growing)😉

Thanks for watching. 😊

That’s so kind of you, Heidi. Thank you 😊

Thank you so much. We really appreciate your encouragement 😊

Thank you so much 😊

The wisteria has been here for many many years and doesn’t appear to be doing anything naughty at the moment. They’ve been cut right back now so we can keep an eye on them. Thank you for the heads-up 👍

We get most of our losses from voles but I’m accepting and persevering. Planting some for us and some for the voles. They love onions cardoons and artichokes but they seem to hang out predominantly in one section of the land. Maybe when we move in we’ll be more active on the property and the cat will scare them off (or catch them). I grew everything I mentioned there from seed and even when they were over a year old and established, the voles wiped many out. I planted about 30 artichokes and have 4 left. (I transferred 3 from vole city to the walled vegetable garden). Keep us posted on your progress 😂

Interesting! I’ve read that it is genetic whether or not you taste soap when eating cilantro. 😊

It’s not too bad here. When it gets hotter we sometimes get the bugs. 👍

Provavelmente tens razão, Ana. Tentaremos manter essa árvore de damasco pequena. Se começar a sombrear as laranjeiras, temos mais duas. É bom receber conselhos úteis. Obrigada. Tive de obter ajuda com a tradução hoje. Mais prática para mim. Obrigada. :-)

I’d suggest starting off by going into a local estate agent and asking there. All the best with your plans 😊👍

Thank you 😊

We eat mostly everything and we share. Sometimes we swap for eggs. We can use 50 to 60 oranges a week just making freshly squeezed orange juice. We eat whatever is growing and I’ve made almost enough marmalade to keep us going for the year. 😊

Thanks so much. 👍😊

Thank you, Mark. We are hoping so too. 😊

It’s already quince blossom time here. I think we’re going to have to wait another year 😊

I have great news, we have blossom on the quince tree. It’s beautiful.

@@NearbyVeggies I didn't doubt ... nice

It was absolutely wonderful seeing the flowers for the first time. 🌸

Thank you, Theresa. ‘Breaking buds’ everywhere 😀

Esperamos 👍🍷

Statice sinistra (sea lavender) and carpobrotus edulis (gel ground cover) Sorry I forgot to add the names in the text. 👍

I have the strawflowers too👍

Muito obrigada 🤩

Thank you. We’re delighted 😊

Thank you, Linda 🤩

Hi Maria, They are cardoons, Cynara cardunculus with a purple thistle like flower.

Thank you and welcome to our little farm in Portugal 😊

Sometimes I get the plants mixed up. 😊

Thank you 😊

It really is lush and verdant now, Shirley. Our favourite time of year. In another few years we hope to be picking lots. 😊

Yorkshire is beautiful. Hope you stayed dry. No blossom or new growth just yet. The lemon tree will get its shot in the lemonlight. 😊

Thank you! 🤗

Thanks, Millie. I’m from Ireland. 😊

There are several olive trees that are more than 100 years old and one is possibly 200 according to a local lady. 😊

We would need a visa for New Zealand and never been there. Also I probably would never see family or old friends. We liked Portugal 😊

I think we’ll probably have enough for us and some to share. Fingers crossed 🤞😊

See you tomorrow.

My strategy is to plant extra and closer together. The onions are almost ready to harvest and so far so good. Maybe it’s luck. Who knows. 🤞

Deal! 😊

Thank you 😊

Thank you 😊

Thank you. From the lady in pink waiting for the pink lady apples. 🤗

Thank you. Spring has arrived for sure. 😀

👍I’ve answered a few. 😊

Thank you.

Thanks again 🤠🤠

Thanks, Katharine 😊

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Thank you!

Feels like that sometimes 😊

7500 m2

Thank you. We have a video here with lots of information about how we found the property and links in the description of websites to search ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0z_3XU08bjg.html

@@NearbyVeggies thank you!

You’re welcome ☺️

I did but our neighbour has bees and hives would be too close. 🐝

Thank you. We have a big passion fruit vine (maracujá) growing up the ugly wall. We grow the tomatoes outside. 😊

@@NearbyVeggies ok , but maracujá from Brazil is completely different from “ passion fruit, our fruit Is yelow and we have two spicies . Is possível to see at the internet. Well, I’m here.

It’s a purple fruit passiflora edulis one we have growing on the wall. We did try a yellow one on the archway but I think the cold spell we had might have sent it to an early death.

@@NearbyVeggies it’s true. if on some occasion in the near future they decide to build a greenhouse...I can send the seeds. Last week I saw on RU-vid a Brazilian planting passion fruit, aipim(root), in Japan with great success. See you soon

Thank you so much. Fabulous. 👍

Yes you can! Thank you 😊

Thank you very much 😊

Thank you 😊

I’m not sure about that, Kathy. I first heard the term from a man called Geoff Lawton who was a surf dude in the 1970s. He was in Morocco and found an ancient piece of land in the hills tended by many villagers. It looked like a forest from a distance and in there grew an abundance of plants including fruits and vegetables that you would not expect to find in the climate. Several years ago, Dan and I set off on our bicycles to find this special place and after great difficulty (including cycling up many hills to find this paradise garden, we ended up in a tourist site of the same name ) We realised that this wasn’t the real place so we set off on our quest again and stumbled across it almost by accident. With our limited Arabic, we found a local man who farmed the food forest. I would not ever have called it an orchard because it really did feel like a forest. Huge date palms created a canopy to give fruit and nuts shade from the searing sun. Coriander (cilantro) and mint grew in beds in nearly full shade. Bananas, prickly pears, oranges and lemons grew on the perimeters and the entire area was looked after by about 60 families. The man also spoke French and we found out so much. Ancient irrigation channels brought water from the mountains to irrigate the plants. It really was dripping with food and it was December. So, in my opinion it’s the perfect term for what it will hopefully become. I truly hope you enjoyed this story and whatever term you want to use, keep growing and planting 😊

Robert Hart, an English horticulturist is credited with the phrase. And here’s a really nice article that tells that story in a much better way. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-permaculture-food-forests.amp

@@NearbyVeggies Thank you for sharing this. We can learn so much from older cultures about how to grow food. Microclimates are overlooked with "conventional" farming since they focus on one crop. I admire you and Dan for your lovely gardens and the variety of crops you are growing.

Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging words. We appreciate everything. 😍

Thanks 😊

Thank you 😊

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It’s been growing here for at least 30 years and we’ll keep it pruned 👍

Thank you. We’re so grateful that we’ve had a decent amount of rain this winter. 😊

Wonderful to read this. Thank you and welcome to spring! 😊

Thank you and keep on enjoying your garden 😊