I'm Noemeportugal new to this forum

[noemeportugal]

This is all new to me so please be patient as I go along
My husband & I live in Northern Portugal just a few miles from the Spanish border.
We have lived here for ten years with up to very recently not much success with growing our own vegetables with the aim of being organic and eventually self sufficient. Over the last Christmas/New Year period we decided to take a hard at what we have being doing in the past 9 years and plan for big changes in 2014

Ours is a very interesting story which can be best illustrated by looking at this link


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jK5z4SRUXE

I am looking forward to participating actively in this forum as we are constantly looking to find ways to improve our vegetable growing skills

[teakdesk]

Welcome to the Vine!

I haven't time now to look at your links but will do later.

[noemeportugal]

My god that was quick I only posted the above 2 minutes ago !!!!!

[veggiechicken]

Hello and welcome from me too. Pull up a chair and have a browse through the threads.
I'll have a look at your links later - we like looking at other people's gardens - some of us are very nosey

[noemeportugal]

some of us are very nosey >>>> that goes for me as well, I would love to see what you are up to, you cant have much time being a moderator on such a busy forum with almost 30,000 posts

[bearded bloke]

Hello & welcome

[cariann88]

Hello and welcome to the vine

[Jeanied]

Welcome to the vine - loads of ideas to be found here and some of them are really quite sensible

[Martin H]

Hi and welcome. I don't think we've got any regular posters from Portugal at the minute. Looking forward to checking out your links. We like pictures on here!

[bearded bloke]

Check your local seed shops for ... Casa Cesar Santos ... I have had good germination rates from that companies packets

[noemeportugal]

What a friendly lot you are.

Yes I am quite amazed in such a short time I have had so many replies, thank god it is raining here in Portugal otherwise I would not find time to read all the posts

[PyreneesPlot]

Hello and welcome.

I too live a few miles from the Spanish border, but on the French side I think that might make us almost Vine neighbours

Enjoy the forum

[noemeportugal]

Portuguese neighbors

I too live a few miles from the Spanish border, but on the French side I think that might make us almost Vine neighbours

Yes only 8 hours drive from here.

I have looked up your web site and all the attachments, great reading I loooooooooove it

We are also well into the frugal living life style

[Bren In Pots]

Hello Noeme and welcome to the vine
I do like the shape of your veg beds mine are just the usual rectangle shape.

[noemeportugal]

I do like the shape of your veg beds mine are just the usual rectangle shape.

Thanks for that comment, having them odd shapes makes everything a more interesting especially when people come & visit us walking around. At the present time the plot resembles a maze