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Tag: hortas

Harvest vs. Vindima

November 29, 2020 brokenazulejos1971

All around us: corn fields, the stalks dried out from the August sun. In between bouts of rain, the farmers…

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Filed under: abobora, corn, gardens, hortas, okra, Random Garden, squash, Vivenda Vista de Paz

Locally Grown

October 11, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

While we preferred those fruits of our Random Garden most of all, we were able to flesh out our weekly…

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Filed under: Aldea, bio, Colares, hortas, locally grown, loja bio, organic, Portugal, praia das maçãs, produce, Sintra

The Random Garden: July

July 29, 2019 brokenazulejos1971

Our cherry tomatoes surprised us this summer. It had stayed cool into June–not a surprise in Colares–but the days warmed…

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Filed under: avocados, cherry tomatoes, garden, gardens, hortas, jardims, Portugal, potatoes, Random Garden, salsa, squash, tomatoes

The Random Garden: Winter

February 1, 2019 brokenazulejos1971 3 Comments

We’re growing avocados. We have three viable plants, now holding their own in the Random Garden—the veritable highlight of our…

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Filed under: avocados, garden, guacamole, hortas, Portugal, praia das maçãs, Random Garden, Recipes

The Random Garden: Autumn

October 26, 2018 brokenazulejos1971

This morning I saw a squash blossom trumpeting its way through the tangled leaves of our Random Garden. Sigh. A…

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Filed under: caracois, dirty martinis, garden, hortas, marinated olives, martinis, olives, Portugal, Random Garden, snails, squash blossoms, tomatoes

The Random Garden: Summer

July 20, 2018 brokenazulejos1971

The tomato plants form an impenetrable fortress against the back wall of our garden, but they also line the sides…

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Filed under: avocado salad, gardens, grilled sausages, hortas, jardims, peach salad, peaches, Portugal, Recipes, Sintra, summer, tomatoes

Wild Rosemary

June 1, 2018 brokenazulejos1971

We camped in woods filled with rosemary growing wild. We awoke to the bees rising in a buzz and wondered…

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Filed under: camping, Cascais, gardens, herb garden, hortas, Portugal, Recipes, rosemary, rosemary shortbread, shortbread

The Random Garden: Spring

April 24, 2018 brokenazulejos1971

Nasturtiums bloom yellow and orange–almost red–under their spreading green umbrella shades, covering the piles of landscape clippings that otherwise just…

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Filed under: abóbora, compost, gardens, hortas, hummus, jardims, Portugal, Recipes, squash, tomatoes, za'atar

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