Casalinho

Author: Andrea

  • Berries

        Reasons to be cheerful – summer berries like jewels.  

  • Cacti Flower

    Reasons to be cheerful – cacti are flowering. Brief, but beautiful.

  • Baby Guinea Pigs

    Reasons to be cheerful – a handful of baby guinea pigs.

  • Hemlock Water Dropwort

    Hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) is a plant toxic to both humans and livestock. It grows luxuriantly in the stream here, and anywhere wet. We need to clear it periodically otherwise it blocks the flow of water in winter. We use it as a mulch if we catch it before it’s seeded, or hot compost more »

  • May Foraging Challenge

    Last month’s foraging challenge was great fun, and there just wasn’t time to experiment with all the ideas I was inspired to try. Which seemed like a great reason to extend it 🙂 The idea is just to try and use as many foraged / wild foods as possible in our day to day meals. more »

  • Reasons to be Cheerful: After the Rain

    After the rain comes the most marvelous rainbow. Proof that the sun must be up there somewhere! We’re still hunting for the pot of gold 🙂  

  • Our Postcards Now Available

    I’m so very pleased to have this new postcard collection available for sale to our supporters (and anyone else!). Full colour, high quality images on the front, with the back printed for use as a postcard (or put them on your wall!) The majority of the photos were taken by the most wonderful Marjolein Hillage more »

  • Revista Ancestral

    If you read Portuguese (or even if you can just use translation software!!), take a look at this new project from our friends Filipa and Pedro. Editora Ancestral is a small Portuguese project with the mission of publishing both books and a quarterly magazine – Revista Ancestral – focused on the recovery of ancestral knowledge more »

  • Mole Comes Visiting

      Stumpy the not-so-clever dog spends his days digging up the garden when he’s not pretending he’s a goat. This week I have TWICE caught him with a perfectly unharmed mole in his mouth. We’ve no objection to moles in the garden, as one of the things they’ll be happy to eat is the young more »

  • April Foraging Challenge

    Springtime is absolutely my favourite time of year for foraging so I set myself the mini-challenge of cooking with as many foraged foods as possible during April. The majority of items in this album were fresh, but as I preserve a great deal in the plentiful months I have used some stored foraged foods too. more »