Hello Hannabusses, no doubt someone somewhere else has said this already - I use natural bran to stave them off and it really works. Slugs here in Portugal are huge, brown things that could eat your cat. I place a ring of it round vulnerable plants, replenish it after rain, and I get 100% success. I...

My experience of conditions here in Central Portugal might not be of any use whatsoever, but here goes: 18 months ago we moved here and my first priority was to create a kitchen garden. Not wanting to use herbicides, I strimmed the (thigh-high!) grass and dug over the soil burying the turf a spit un...

Does anyone have any experience of growing soya beans? I live in Central Portugal, where it's hot in the summer, but we have access to sufficient water. I am curious about what kind of yield I could expect from this crop, as I have never grown it before.