Portugal Smallholding » Events http://www.portugalsmallholding.org Quinta das Abelhas, Permaculture in Central Portugal Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:58:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Seedy Sunday / Domingo Sementeiro http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2011/02/seedy-sunday-domingo-sementeiro-2/ http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2011/02/seedy-sunday-domingo-sementeiro-2/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:48:38 +0000 Sophie http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=1370 This year’s Seedy Sunday will be held on 13th March from 12:00 – 16:00

Plants and seeds to swap, food and drink to share.

Bring what you can, take what you need :)

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Everyone Welcome :)

This will not be run as a formal workshop but simply an opportunity for anyone who’s interested to come along and see how it’s done (and hopefully lend a hand!).

Lunch & drinks will be provided for which there is no charge, but please let us know if you will be coming so we have an idea of how many we need to cater for.

Depending on the final design, weather, number of people, etc, we expect the build to last 3-5 days.  You are welcome to come for as much or as little as you like.

On Saturday we’ll start with building the foundation / base for the oven.

Saturday evening is the last night of our village festa, with live music and fireworks (and a pool tournament at our local bar) – so there’s lots of fun to be had this weekend!

If you want to bring a tent and camp here for the Bread Oven Build that is no problem. We have a kitchen caravan where you can prepare your own breakfast & evening meal, a solar shower, a compost toilet, and a swimming pool! 5 euros per night (small tent) / 10 euros per night (large tent). Some yurt accommodation may also be available. More info at: www.portugalyurt.co.uk

Does anyone have a slab of stone (granite, slate, …) at least 1m x 1m that we can have / buy for the base of the oven?

]]> http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/09/bread-oven-forno/feed/ 2 Courgette Saturday http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/07/courgette-saturday/ http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/07/courgette-saturday/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:00:25 +0000 Sophie http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=1213

]]> http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/07/courgette-saturday/feed/ 0 The kindness of strangers http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/06/the-kindness-of-strangers/ http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/06/the-kindness-of-strangers/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:12:32 +0000 wwoofer http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=1108 Some very kind people we have never met called Isabella and Alice sent Little Ladies a present recently…see below.

Opening our exciting parcel

Beautiful beads

Reading the lovely card

Beautiful princesses and fairies

Group photo

Snow White

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR LOVELY PARCEL.  We had great fun and the outfits and toys will continue to get used on our Friday get-togethers.

(p.s Sorry Alice and Isabella that it took so long to open the parcel – we have been away and missed quite a few Fridays)

]]> http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/06/the-kindness-of-strangers/feed/ 1 Little Ladies who Lunch http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/04/little-ladies-who-lunch/ http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/2010/04/little-ladies-who-lunch/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:38:30 +0000 wwoofer http://www.portugalsmallholding.org/?p=941 Our weekly gathering of ex-pat Mums and Kids in the village continues and we are growing.  Last Friday we met here on the quinta and had lots of fun painting and going on the new Pirate Ship Slide.

Little Ladies who Lunch at the quinta

Painting Fun

We have also started to go to Carregal do Sal to a lovely swimming pool on Wednesday afternoons if anyone wants to join us contact me for details.  We might have to change our name from Little Ladies though…as we now have Luca (a month old) who is joining us and another little boy who has just moved to the area with his parents!

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Obrigado a todos (cerca de 60 pessoas!) que veio para Domingo Sementeiro, foi um dia de muito divertido – troca de sementes e plantas, falar, comer, e fazer música!

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Bring plants & seeds to swap, and food to share!
Trazer plantas & sementes para trocar, e comida para partilhar!

Please let us know if you can come – we’ll provide hot soup for lunch but also ask that you bring food to share. It would also be nice to have an idea of what seeds and plants people will be bringing – and if… there are any plants/seeds you would really like to find at the event!

Por favor, deixe-nos saber se você pode vir – nós vamos dar sopa quente para o almoço, mas também pedimos que você trazer comida para partilhar. Também seria bom ter uma idéia do que sementes de plantas e as pessoas estarão trazendo – e se existem plantas / sementes que você realmente gostaria de encontrar no evento!

Children are welcome and Kirsten will be here with toys, paints, and playdough!

Crianças são bem-vindos e Kirsten estará aqui com brinquedos, tintas e playdough!

Tell your friends!!!
Diga a seus amigos!!!


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Thursday 19th November 2009

11am demonstration equine touch with horses: FREE!
Followed by hot lunch and informal question/answer session: 5 euros per person. Also possibility for video and talk on clicker training. Please let me know if you’re interested.

Come along and see what you think! Hannah can also demonstrate the technique on you, so you can see what it feels like for your horse.

Quinta das Abelhas
Povoa de Midoes

Bookings will be being taken for Equine Touch for horses and VHT for riders. Hannah will visit you/your horse. Costs:
25 euros per horse or rider
40 euros for horse and rider together

More info:

Hope to see you on Thursday! Please let us know if you will be coming, and if you would like take part in the question/answer session and have the hot lunch.

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