Reading Time: 5 minutes California state’s 2020 stay-at-home orders had us shift our plans from travel to working on an at-home permaculture effort.
In 2021 our focus is ongoing care and maintenance of what we began last year. We will highlight our thoughts from ideation to production, our observations, learnings and photos as the year progresses.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post we share key lessons learned from the first year permaculture effort based in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 9.
Reading Time: 5 minutes In this post we share photos of our first experience harvesting pomegranates from a mature tree on the property and include a recipe for pomegranate jelly.
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post we share photos of our first experience growing and harvesting pumpkins.
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post we share the items we keep in our car that have proven helpful on a day-to-day and emergency basis.
Reading Time: < 1 minute In this post we share our preferred lightweight packing guide for a three day, two night weekend getaway.
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post we share a brief history of watermelons, photos of homegrown watermelons being harvested, and a recipe for fresh watermelon juice.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Engaged Abroad reader, Dhatri from Voyage the World, shares her ideal 24 day Greece itinerary. Her itinerary includes time on Greece’s popular south east islands and an exploration of Greece’s western board.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post we share photos that demonstrate how Northern California’s wildfires have impacted the San Francisco Bay Area’s sky.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post we share how growth has progressed in a permaculture effort based in the Big Basin foothills of Northern California, United States of America.
If you have not already, check out the first and second post in this series.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post we describe how we made limoncello and share a recipe from the Amalfi Coast, Italy.
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this post we share a brief history of apricots in the United States and a three-ingredient apricot sorbet recipe.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post we share more photos of a permaculture effort based in the Big Basin foothills of Northern California, United States of America.
Reading Time: 8 minutes In this post we share photos from a day at TerrAzoia, an organic farm that is nestled in the Sintra-Cascais Nature Park, Portugal.
We participated in two cooking classes: traditional Portuguese and Tunisian cuisine. During our midday break we hiked through the nature park to a lookout that offered sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean.
Reading Time: 14 minutes When in Portugal, add a few days to your itinerary to include time in the Douro Valley, home to the port industry. We’ve included a number of itineraries that account for different time tables (ranging from a day trip to three nights in the area).
In this post we describe our visit to five quintas, mostly in the subregion Cima Corgo, Douro Valley. We also include information about port, the Douro Valley & its UNESCO Heritage status.
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