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Plantic garlic for an early summer crop.
Wild boar caus a lot of damage on the farm, but we Havest winter squash. beans, peppers and our first pomegranates in the vegetable garden.
We need your help with ideas and suggestions to keep these destructive animals away from our garden, before it’s too late.

Garlic Confit Recipe
About 6 bulbs garlic (we used the little cloves left over from planting)
2 or 3 sprigs of Thyme or Rosemary
2 pieces of lemon peel from 1 lemon,
1 tablespoon black peppercorns
Enough olive oil to cover the cloves

Preheat the oven to 130C/110C fan ( 230 / 260F fan)

Separate all the cloves and peel.
Place the garlic cloves, a generous amount of salt (1 teaspoon) and the thyme or rosemary in an ovenproof dish and cover with the olive oil.
Make sure the garlic is fully submerged in the olive oil so it does not burn.
Roast for 2 hours.
The oil will bubble gently while it cooks.

Allow to cool, then store the garlic with the oil in an airtight container or jar in the fridge.
It will keep for at least a month.

How to use
We used some on the toasted bread shown on the table to make a delicious garlic bread.

Another evening we swirled some into creamy mashed potato, dotted the potatoes with butter, grated parmesan on top and grilled it for 10 minutes until golden brown.

Thank you

Meraid and Dan

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46 Comments

  3. Tridhos

    The vegetables look amazing and some tantalizing references to the food you eat, perhaps you could share the recipes.

  6. alex78

    Прекрасный белые грибы , как на картинке определителя грибов . Не темнеют при сушке . Спасибо. А проблему с кабанами можно решить только с помощью охотника. На канале "Quinta Fonte da Pipa – Portuguese Homestead" на тему кабанов было выложено прекрасное видео с ночных камер про набег кабанов – они сломали сварные металлические ворота и игнорировали собак.

  7. Adrian C

    Hi we had a similar problem with the Boar destroying my veg garden garden they entered from one corner under the fence of the property. This could be totally mad but someone told me to put those six litre water bottles you buy in the supermarkets half full with water laying on their side.. It actually seamed to work. as they did not enter the property where the bottles were after that. I tried the pee.. it didn't work. Good luck

  8. Julie Pye

    Lovely vlog guys! Was looking forward to you cooking with some of those vegetables. You teased us with the stew info. Really enjoy seeing fresh food picked and cooked. Are your house permissions fully there yet?

  11. Alain Pascal

    Hello you two!
    OMG those porcini I huge.
    That is good harvesting.
    Wild boar… Are they good for eating?
    BTW can you hunt them (or other animals) in Portugal?
    Well, I do not know for boars, but I remember my uncle on the farm in Québec when I was a kid. He would leave an old dirty sweaty jacket on a low branch or post, rain or shine and move it around, wearing it on occasions.
    Cheers,
    a

  14. Orlando Nascimento

    Boa Noite ( Para afastarem um pouco os javalis, por cabelos humanos nas entradas deles, eles utilizam sempre os mesmo lugares para entrar e espalhar algum cabelo também pela propriedade, basta ir a um salão de cabeleireira ou barbeiro e pedir para o guardarem ) a mim tem resultado iam ás umas e desde que pus o cabelo raramente lá foram. experimentem. abraço

  15. J Meixsell

    Javelina (with the Spanish "j" sound) are a problem in Texas. State Parks and Wildlife suggest making sure fruit is picked up off the ground. You might try " "peg" holes under fences to avoid the need for javelina to create more holes. It is said that Javelina will generally use existing openings rather than creating new ones." Javelina, like armadillos, are grub eaters, hence the digging of ground. You can try placing chicken wire slightly under ground with bulbs beneath as they do like many bulbs, and, I would think, things like potatoes and other root crops. Keep open ground between the woods and your garden as they prefer the cover of woods. And finally these words of advice, "javelina can be very troublesome to landowners when they become habituated to homes and human activities. They often sleep in caves, and cave like areas, and seem to find the crawl spaces under homes attractive. They may cause significant damage to yards and sprinkler systems because of their habit of rooting for food." You might try planting fruit trees in the forest so that they have less reason to come into your garden area.

  17. Jan P

    What were those red veggies you picked? Bigger than a tomato i think. I missed it if you said what it was. The parasols were huge!!!! Thanks for sharing. ❤

  19. Linda Moore

    Apparently they don’t like human hair so maybe save the and put around otherwise short fencing can help

  24. Maria Greene

    I don't know anything about wild pigs, but if they don't like human scent you can maybe bring out some sweaty t-shirts near your veggie patches… I know it sounds ridiculous but what the hay?

  25. Paisley

    So many lovely veggies! 😍Looking at those fresh fava beans made me think of Portuguese fava bean stew, with chourico and cilantro. Yummy! Enjoy your harvest! 🤗

  28. Klaro Kesi

    The only solution with wild boar is to install an electric fence with at least 3 wires. Livestock batteries are ideal

  29. Sarah D

    I was wondering how long your magical boar-free period would last! We put our veggies in high, metal-sided raised beds, which helps, but would be prohibitive for the amount of veg you are growing (although maybe would help for those closest to their path.) Last summer a local wine grower told us that a way to deter them from destroying the ripening grapes was to soak string in cheap perfume and hang the strings around where the boars enter the vine area. We tried this, but were too late setting it up and they had already done a lot of damage. So… not sure how much it helped! But it is an idea.

  30. Peter Mak

    Wild boars are sensitive to scent and sound/noise. According to some Dutch websites anyway. So you might keep them away by sprinkling human hairs around (a new haircut for Meraid😉), hanging plastic bags at the perimeter making nasty sounds in the wind, or plastic flags of bright and reflective colors. Or, make bacon yourself as some people suggested☺️.

  33. Lesley Sluyters

    Fabulous harvest… would love to see what you do with it all, whether cooking or freezing …would be interesting 🥰🥰🥰 thanks for sharing, I just love your channel 😘

  37. ninemoonplanet

    Garlic powder if boars don't like it. It might be the ammonia smell that the boars avoid, if so there's quite a few ways to create ammonia.
    I'm not all that familiar with wild board, but I believe they go by scent, so something strong smelling might help.

  38. Ana Magalhães

    Para dissuadir javalis podem espalhar cabelo humano. Eles fogem com o nosso cheiro. Peçam nos cabeleireiros locais 🙂

  40. david Stoddard

    Electric fence will stop those wild boars or pigs whatever. and you can build an electric fence at a very small investment.

  42. Susan I.

    Although you may not want to eat wild boar, perhaps you can give the wild boar to the needy? If allowed by the country you’re living in.😊

  44. Anita McKeown

    I don't know anything about farming, but I watch I Farm We Farm in Cavan, he is a cattle farmer. He uses a moveable wire that is attached to a battery which deters the cows from breaking through.

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