A new beginning

A new beginning

With the passage of this year’s shortest day, we reflect on what’s new here in Vale da Lama. The beginning of the end? Or the end of the beginning? Depends on how you look at it. I imagine some of our neighbours will view that mechanical monster-arm as yet another...
Planting trees or weaving the Wood Wide Web

Planting trees or weaving the Wood Wide Web

Image of Ecosystem Regeneration Camp 2022 at Quinta Vale da Lama, courtesy of Julian Schupp We all love trees, right? Inasmuch as we do, it can be hard sometimes to see the big picture of what is coming to be known as the “Wood Wide Web”: the complex...
Permaculture Design, Revisited

Permaculture Design, Revisited

In the wake of one historically dry winter, these late April rains of last two days are a most welcome blessing… But nowhere near enough, alas, to save us from the drought that is sure to come.  In fact: water level in the Bravura dam that supplies Lagos...

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