Self sufficiency in Galicia

The forecasters had promised us some rain this week and then changed their minds so we are still having to keep the garden watered in the ho...

We have now given up trying to obtain GM free feed for the hens and will have to be feed straight grain, in a last ditch attempt to find fee...

This time of year I always feel as though I have a lot in common with squirrels, I cant stand waste, and was brought up in the post war era ...

Today was a day off, we went with friends to visit the Roman Gold Mines at Las Medulas, in Leon. The site is Fantastic, covering some 2000ha...

At last we have had a nice drop of rain, it lasted for a couple of hours and has at least cooled things down a bit. The Autumn raspberries a...

I guess if we still lived in Ireland we wouldn't be welcoming the rain, according to a friend there it hasn't stopped all summer, bu...

This week has flown by, I have been very busy bottling fruit, we have had a bumper harvest of pears and have bottled 15 jars, plus the figs ...