Portuguese Quinta Life at Winter’s End
As Winter comes to and end the Quinta starts coming back to life. The veggie patch somehow seems to be surviving the still frequent nightly frosts and providing an abundance of deliciously fresh vegetables. Even the hens are still laying eggs, even though their water trough is frozen solid in the morning! The boys have decided that the chickens favourite food is flowers, so insist on picking the field dry whenever it is their turn to feed the hungry hens.
The last Quinta pigs have been dispatched and replaced by a newer, noisier and more sprightlier model. This little piggy enjoys eating dried corn, a perfect opportunity to throw maize all around the pig sty, oh and try out a bit of parkour at the same time! Â The boys are enjoying the warmer afternoons, insisting on stripping off their layers and basking in the sunshine. Taking every opportunity to enjoy life outside.
Please do pop back Sunday afternoon to see our latest post all about the reality of living off-grid in a caravan through winter!
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Your pictures always make life there look so idyllic
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It’s obviously not always idyllic, as it’s real life but to be honest, it is pretty good and we are very happy with our lot!
Hi Andrea, you do live in a beautiful area. And I love the fact your boys haven’t lost their Englishness (the suns out, must strip off). Now would a flower-eating hen have different tasting eggs? Your sons could be onto something!… I do hope your son isn’t trying to catch rainwater in that colander, you could be in for a water shortage!
xx
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Ha, has yes Debbie, the boys are very much English at hear; the faintest whiff of the sunshine and they strip off down to their pants! This definitely does not run in the family 🙂
It looks like the perfect life (I’m very interested to read about living in a caravan in winter, I hope it hasn’t been too hard). I love how connected and involved with where they live your boys are, so important. #MySundayPhoto
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Haha I love the pig photo, has that look of ‘what are you doing’
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The pig is definitely critical of what we do. He just wants his food without any hassle at all. Thanks for hosting 🙂
Love the photos of your boys. I never ever considered going to Portugal but reading all your posts now makes me want to visit one day!
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Strangely enough we had never been here before actually moving here! It’s a pretty amazing place to live.
Oh I love these pictures, but the one with the pig really made me smile!
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The pig is so cute isn’t he!
Thank you, the pig is so funny, he’s a joy to watch 🙂
Such a beautiful place – it looks so clean and idyllic x #MySundayPhoto
It really is a special place to live, thank you Victoria!