Morangos

19° Nadadouro 12° Portreath The first strawberry of 2013. The garden is slowly coming into bloom after a cold wet winter. Last night I picked purple sprouting broccoli, parsley, rocket, curly lettuce and my first strawberry. What a joy! x

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we love corn! x

16° in Nadadouro  9° in Portreath After having a break from blogging I decided it was about time to fill you in on what's been going on in the magic valley. So spring seems to have sprung.  On cue our

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new arrivals x

23° in Nadadouro  9° in Portreath After a rather long absence [sorry], i'm back sharing a little bit of Silver Coast life with you lovelies.  It's been a hectic few months since Christmas.  Every little thing seems to take so

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feliz natal x

15° and very sunny in Nadadouro  10° in Portreath I'm so sorry for the delay inbetween posts.  Life really has just got in the way.  Brrrrr!  We've been having some really chilly mornings, bright, crisp and festive but the afternoon

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we've come a long way x

16° in Nadadouro  14° in Portreath November has arrived with monsoon like downpours and howling gales, but still between storms the sun beats down with enough heat to warm our bones. This week has been 'finish painting the bloody house

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olives x

22° in Nadadouro  15° in Portreath After reading Miscellanie's blog about picking her olive crop i thought it was about time i harvested mine.  Unfortunately it's not as impressive as her 175kg, but my 91 olives is treble last years

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and then there was light x

still 24° in Nadadouro  16° in Portreath Each day brings another thing for us to stand back and marvel at.  Yesterday's development was outside lighting.  I got these beauties shipped over from the UK by Amazon - free shipping really does

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