Casalinho

Author: Andrea

  • Cabrito Assado: Goat Butchery for Beginners

    The deed has been done and Assado, our young male goat, is no more. Those who would prefer not to learn about how to butcher a goat should probably not read further. From experience though, I know that many of our volunteers are really interested in learning more about the process. I salute them, because more »

  • Mix and Match Goats

    We’ve done a trade with a neighbour. Branchina, our lovely older goat, has gone off to pastures new and we’ve just welcomed Bonita to our little flock. Bonita is a much younger goat but we decided it was a good idea to introduce some different blood as all our goats have been one family group to more »

  • The Nursery Wing!

    There’s a nasty disease that I’ve been unable to name which kills rabbits around here. Unfortunately a case of it hit here last week and we lost most of our rabbits with no warning 🙁 It was particularly upsetting as three of the adults who died were fairly new mothers with litters still tucked up more »

  • Casalinho’s Maggot Breeding Enterprise

    This is my attempt to provide additional protein for the poultry, giving them a better diet whilst reducing my feed bill. Stop reading now if you’re of a delicate disposition, but before you dismiss maggot breeding as feed just consider that it’s a free product produced out of something that would be otherwise wasted. Until more »

  • Tomatoes, Peppers and Endless Quantities of Manure

    With Spring very much here it’s been time to transplant out the young plants this week.  We’ve got some spectacular tomato supports in place, started a few weeks ago in the rain and finished this week in blazing sunshine 🙂     There are around 180 little tomato plants under there! In front are 200 more »

  • Spring Flowers

    Casalinho is full of colour just now, with Spring flowers everywhere. These are a few of my favourites, but I’m afraid I’ve no idea what they’re called. This one is some sort of orchid. We have them growing at the sides of the stream.     These white ones are on a bush which grows more »

  • The Perils and Pleasures of Pickup ownership

    We’ve recently become the proud new owners of a pick up truck. We were forced into it as our existing vehicle gave up on us, but every cloud has a silver lining and the pick up is far more practical for the sort of lifestyle we lead.     That’s just one of the loads more »

  • A Pressing Question about Goats

    All the goat advice is to ensure that your animals have access to fresh, clean water at all times. Otherwise they will refuse it. My own experience of goats back this advice up. So why then, when I give our goats a bucket of fresh, clean water, do they conspire to crap in it within more »

  • Casalinho on Facebook

    You guys are going to have to help me here, as I’m a complete Facebook novice! I’ve been trying to load a page for Casalinho but I need 25 ‘likes’ to secure it’s own URL. I’ve got 4 so far. All of you out there who have Facebook accounts, can you help me please? I’ve more »

  • Easter Bunny travels!

    There was a rumour a few days ago that the Easter Bunny had been spotted on the Santander ferry. Well it turns out that it was true. We didn’t see him, but the evidence was plain to see this morning.