Comments on: Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans, Beans http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/ Organic Smallholding in Central Portugal Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:16:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Paulo http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2101 Paulo Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:17:35 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2101 Hello! Very beautiful photos you have! This is our first comment we have posted here. Your blog is very inspiring and with very nice photos. I assume it may be hard to grow in the extreme heat of summertime. Do you try heavy mulching and depressing the soil so it can soak up more water? We expect to have also our own smallholding in a few years. Meanwhile we are living, still, in city but that does not mean we do not grow! Check our blog in www.cantinhoverde.blogspot.com where we grow our plants in balcony (last year we were growing in Braga, Portugal now we are in Vienna, Austria, unfortunetly we still havent settled down) You may have a look at lots of links in our blog too. Hello! Very beautiful photos you have!
This is our first comment we have posted here. Your blog is very inspiring and with very nice photos.
I assume it may be hard to grow in the extreme heat of summertime. Do you try heavy mulching and depressing the soil so it can soak up more water?

We expect to have also our own smallholding in a few years. Meanwhile we are living, still, in city but that does not mean we do not grow!
Check our blog in www.cantinhoverde.blogspot.com where we grow our plants in balcony (last year we were growing in Braga, Portugal now we are in Vienna, Austria, unfortunetly we still havent settled down) You may have a look at lots of links in our blog too.

]]> By: Paulo http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2102 Paulo Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:28:23 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2102 Dear Andy, thanks a lot for your reply in our blog. We have sent you an email too, asking you about some advice on our path to go back to a rural and self-reliant lifestyle. We are still young, 26 and 21, and therefore we are actively researching as much as we can in the topic, practicing as we can (we have a love of all the craft lifestyle, plants and permaculture) We do want to buy a smallholding in soon, if there was no peak oil, we would probably buy it some 5-6 years ahead of now, but the future seems to promise a great challenge and maybe we could do it earlier. But of course we still have some way while we gather sufficient financial resources and research in a possible place. Its great to see our work, we have already some few quintas in Portugal and hope to visit yours when we return. Maybe you can also helps us a little bit through your pureportugal project. Greetings, we hope you hear from you in soon Dear Andy, thanks a lot for your reply in our blog.
We have sent you an email too, asking you about some advice on our path to go back to a rural and self-reliant lifestyle. We are still young, 26 and 21, and therefore we are actively researching as much as we can in the topic, practicing as we can (we have a love of all the craft lifestyle, plants and permaculture)
We do want to buy a smallholding in soon, if there was no peak oil, we would probably buy it some 5-6 years ahead of now, but the future seems to promise a great challenge and maybe we could do it earlier. But of course we still have some way while we gather sufficient financial resources and research in a possible place.
Its great to see our work, we have already some few quintas in Portugal and hope to visit yours when we return. Maybe you can also helps us a little bit through your pureportugal project. Greetings, we hope you hear from you in soon

]]> By: steve mckay http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2106 steve mckay Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:00:58 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2106 hi guys , love the photos, you cert seem to be doing well, we will pop over once we have arrived , ferry is booked for the 17th sept, cant wait.....got a few questions for you guys re: types / strains of some plants. i am bringing tons of seeds with us from the uk ,so if you want anything let us know. take care, steve & ness hi guys ,

love the photos, you cert seem to be doing well, we will pop over once we have arrived , ferry is booked for the 17th sept, cant wait…..got a few questions for you guys re: types / strains of some plants.
i am bringing tons of seeds with us from the uk ,so if you want anything let us know.
take care,

steve & ness

]]> By: Wiebe http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2107 Wiebe Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:54:44 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2107 I have to agree with Steve, the garden looks amazing! Are you using any fertilizers or feed - or is the soil there THAT good? I have to agree with Steve, the garden looks amazing! Are you using any fertilizers or feed - or is the soil there THAT good?

]]> By: andy http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2108 andy Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:55:53 +0000 http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2008/07/25/beans-beans-beans-beans-beans/#comment-2108 paulo, yes, peak oil does seem to be making quite a few people bring their plans forward. we didnt know anything about it, and landed here kind of accidentally! i am very glad we've had some years to get established - although we still haven't renovated our ruin. hopefully work will start (turf roof, soalr panels and all) in the next few months. steve, thanks, we'll think about your offer and get back to you with plenty of time. see you then! wiebe the soil is very high in minerals, but was depleted because the old owner used fertilizers. we have horses, and fill our raised beds with their manure, and also have huge compost heaps - everything goes on them, from cardboard boxes to kitchen waste and chicken shed straw. I am really looking forward to emptying our compost toilet onto the heap in a few months. that should get some great results in the garden. you can read the humanure handbook online (just do a search for humanure). cheers andy paulo,
yes, peak oil does seem to be making quite a few people bring their plans forward. we didnt know anything about it, and landed here kind of accidentally! i am very glad we’ve had some years to get established - although we still haven’t renovated our ruin. hopefully work will start (turf roof, soalr panels and all) in the next few months.

steve,
thanks, we’ll think about your offer and get back to you with plenty of time. see you then!

wiebe
the soil is very high in minerals, but was depleted because the old owner used fertilizers. we have horses, and fill our raised beds with their manure, and also have huge compost heaps - everything goes on them, from cardboard boxes to kitchen waste and chicken shed straw. I am really looking forward to emptying our compost toilet onto the heap in a few months. that should get some great results in the garden. you can read the humanure handbook online (just do a search for humanure).

cheers
andy

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