I miraculously managed to get Tammy up early enough for us to accompany Doreen to the farmers' market in the town of Olhao. The town depends on fishing, so we walked past a bunch of men in high rubber boots and fishing boats to get to the veggie stands. It was mostly a bunch of older Portuguese farmers selling whatever they grow on their farms...i.e. tomatoes, honey, cabbage, EGGS!, figs, dates, oranges, you know the drill. I also saw nets full of snails, all of which I called Gary.
We acted like tourists and took some pictures, while Doreen checked off some things on her shopping list.
Afterward, we all sat down for Doreen's favorite breakfast, and coincidentally my favorite childhood food, bread and butter.
Post breakfast, we took a nice stroll through the reason I stopped eating fish - a fish market. The dead things were staring at me wide-eyed and hauntingly. It was probably the last thing I wanted to see/smell after eating breakfast.
It finally stopped raining, so we weeded all day. We are getting pretty good at ripping those little suckers out of the ground.
By the way, Doreen is selling this place. She can't afford to keep it on her income from organic farming and renting out the guesthouse.
Farming Tip:
In the process of weeding somebody else's garden, don't pull out a grouping of flowers because they look like they could be wild. Because sometimes they were planted on purpose.
I read this post and laughed!!! GARY! haha and bread and butter! Oh, how you loved bread and butter....and still do! I am sad for your friend Doreen that she has to sell the place.....
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying all of these farming tips haha, espcially because I'm reading a book right now called "The Botany of Desire" and it's all about how different plants evolved based on their desirable characteristics. I think you two would love it.
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