A strawberry is a superstar when it comes to anti-oxidant power, says Dr. Barry Sears in his book The Top 100 Zone Foods: The Zone Food Science Ranking System.
In addition, 1 cup of strawberries gives you a whopping 140 percent of your recommended daily allowance of vitamin C. Strawberries are also packed with flavonoids, two [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Strawberries / Morangos
Beautiful Morning
I was up bright and early this morning – and was stunned by the crisp, post-rain, beauty of everything. The way drips of water clinging to the pine needles catch the early morning light and the colours of the sky. But the camera hasn’t really captured it all.
A very basic polytunnel
I spent yesterday banging old scaffolding into the ground, hammering, drilling and generally acting like a practical blokey type person!
And we now have a polytunnel, full of seed trays (well, at one small end) and the baby banana tree!
The door probably needs some work – it’s just a slit cut into the plastic now, and [...]
Petition against new highway IC6 / Petição contra a nova estrada IC6
Petition against the planned construction of a new IC6 highway, between the towns of Tabua, Oliveira do Hospital, Lagos da Beira, and Seia, because of ;
1. Devastating for protected Nature area (REN)
2. Not needed for traffic- or other solutions.
3. Harmful for watersupply farmers.
4. 300 ha. of forest and REN (Protected Nature Area) has to be [...]
Compost Toilet / Casa de Banho de Composto
Our compost toilet
O nosso casa de banho de composto
Our first compost toilet
O nosso primeiro casa de banho de composto
The Humanure Handbook – Brilliant book on composting “human manure”. Everyone should have a copy! Also available as a free download (.pdf). Livro exelente sobre compostar o ” manure humano”. Todos deve ter uma cópia! Infelizmente, não [...]
Some Changes / Alguns Mudanças
First – you may have noticed that there are now links to books at the bottom of most posts. This is for two main reasons: 1. if you buy the books we get a commission which we then exchange for more books for our library. 2. we think it adds to the information [...]
I’ve Learnt Two New Things Already Today!
Both thanks to Catalan Gardener.
First is the health benefits of Olive Leaf Tea.
Olive leaf has been reported to:
* Enhance the immune system
* Increase energy
* Have an internal cleansing action
* Act as an anti-viral, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, and anti-parasitic
* Lower blood pressure, fats, and reduce blood sugar
Olive Leaf Tea, a natural herbal antibiotic and antioxidant that can [...]
Hello !
Beth (uk wwoofer) here…Well I’ve been back here for already 2 weeks now – where does the time go ? The first week was pretty hot and sunny but some colder and wet weather is with us now which is good for the land and softening the earth to get the wretched weeds out [...]
Greenhouse or Polytunnel?
We saw some greenhouses advertised at market last week, and since we’ve just sold Quinta das Limpas we can afford a ready-made one. A 12m2 aluminium framed greenhouse with glass sides and polycarbonate roof, with double doors, 3 windows, gutters for rainwater harvesting, delivery and installation, will cost around 2,000 euros. That’s a LOT [...]
Freedom Gardens
Seeding Change: Website Seeks to Liberate Diets—and Wallets—from Supermarket
Site’s “100-Foot Diet” Brings Local Food Movement Home
PASADENA, CA. – July 7, 2008 – Think of it as Facebook meets the Farmer’s Almanac: A social networking site for backyard pioneers who want to fight soaring food prices and global warming by growing their own food. At FreedomGardens.org, [...]
