It’s that time of year to start planting seeds for the coming season, so I have been busy making these simple DIY seed pots. We are always trying to re-use or recycle as much as we can, so when it came to finding seed pots I decided to make my own DIY seed pots. These…
Flower garden
February Portuguese Garden Diary
Things are beginning to happen in our Portuguese garden! We have had a very mild and dry winter, with very little rain. This is going to be a real problem later in the year as the fontes (wells) and reservoirs are getting low. On the plus side it does mean that the garden is springing…
DIY winter rosemary wreath
It’s been cold and rainy in Alentejo today so I decided to cheer up the house by making a simple DIY winter rosemary wreath. I love using rosemary for all sorts of things. The rosemary I planted a couple of years ago is doing really well so I decided to make a DIY winter rosemary wreath…
Make a pretty periwinkle wreath
How to make a pretty and simple periwinkle wreath. Our garden is still a work in progress. When we arrived here it was completely wild and unkempt. We’ve been getting it into some sort of shape over the past few months; clearing the terrace outside the house, weeding and replanting the flower beds, cutting back the grass…