Category: ‘WWOOF / Volunteers’

Paul and Ella and Alice have been mosaic-ing the risers on the steps beside the house, each one different.
Paul e Ella e Alice foram criando mosiacs nos tirantes na escadaria ao lado da casa, cada um diferente.

I think they will look amazing when all the risers are all done.
Eu acho que eles vão olhar [...]

Once upon a time there were three wwoofers and a host who wanted more than anything in the world to have a new bed to grow big and strong comfrey plants. So they set out one cloudy Monday morning, with their forks and spades, down the garden path, past the pond and into the realms [...]

It’s hot. It’s sweaty. There are flies. We have to work had to earn our bread. Andy rants. We cry for mercy. There is a cage for naughty wwoofers and bramble bushes for the ultimate scratchy punishment. There is horse shit to shovel and hills to climb and beasts to ride. And we get made [...]

Making goulash in a traditional bogrács, with huge amounts of beef, pork and bacon.
Tornar o goulash em uma tradicional bogrács, com enormes quantidades de carne de novilho, carne de porco e bacon.

Thanks to Tomas and Annet, spontaneous wwoofers, for feeding 14 of us so well!
Graças ao Tomas e Annet, wwoofers espontânea, para a alimentação [...]

I’ve been staying at Quinta das Abelhas as a wwoofer for the last week and tomorrow I’m moving on to another quinta to learn some more about sustainable agriculture practices. This was my first wwoofing experience and I have to say it’s been a positive learning experience. I’ve been in Portugal a while now and [...]

Beth (mis)uses her degree in Furniture Restoration to repair one of our chairs!
A Beth usa o seu certificado na restauração da mobília para reparar uma das nossas cadeiras!

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 [...]