Happy rainy days
Monday October 10 Until you have lived in a country with long, dry summers, you can never fully appreciate the absolute joy and elation of autumn rain – the smell,
Piglets for sale!
Thursday, September 8 Many of you will not need reminding of our lamentable history with rabbit breeding. Despite three years of diligent indulgence, no kittens produced have survived long enough
Piglets, Paul McKenna and pastéis de natas!
Wednesday August 10 I am on a new diet. I have been on it for 24 hours and can think about nothing but food. Apple turnovers, aniseed balls, burgers, bacon,
Back tickling and pole dancing in the hills
• Sun-drying tomatoes in the drying machine Thursday 7th July This afternoon, while Martyn was taking one of our cars for its MOT re-test (it passed), I decided to water
Match pontos!
• The beautiful hills of Monchique Wednesday June 1 Today we have picked and cooked beetroot, beans, courgette and our first tomato – not bad for the first of June.
Flirting with Miss Piggy
Monday 2nd May I have just returned from a weekend in Seville with my friend Lesle. Martyn visited Seville the previous weekend and booked us into the same hotel, claiming
The trauma still haunts me
‘I do what I can for her: a little tickling behind the ears, some back rubbing, but it is clear that I am no substitute for the real thing’ Ex-teacher
You will eat chicken
Thursday March 10 2005 It has become increasingly obvious to us that our stag turkey (male to me and you) seems a rather poor lover. The will is there but
‘We are still truly living’
Monday February 14 Martyn has been off on one of his regular visits to Wales and I have been coping alone here on the farm for just over a week
Big bad wolf in Monchique
Thursday January 6 2005 As the raucous renditions of Aulde Lang Syne got lost among the explosions of New Year’s Eve fireworks, our black pig, Bacon, became quite ill. Early