Vasco Croft’s Winery in the far North not so far from from the ancient forest of Geres. A working winery now that seeks to have some Permaculture inserted. Soil biology work, food forests, natural building, and the like. It’s a long-term project.
The stairs up to the studio apartment with a small but beautiful forest in background
Grapes on the lower larger terraces
the symbol of the church that is attached to the main house
farm equipment
the larger forest with Acacia and Ecalyptus, very Sintra like
the stone patio with the lab
The flowforms
Flowforms
Flowforms from above
the orchards, persimmon in foreground
terraces with stone fruit orchard
terraces with olives and chestnuts
terraces with olives and chestnut, ancient earthworks
water channel overflow
the tank with duckweed
coppice chestnuts for grafting
the view below
terraces with tree crops
chestnuts on a broad terrace
chestnuts raining
terraces
upper terrace, good grazing land, and ready for the food forest to be planted, yurts to be built
chestnut terraces, can you see the feijoa’s going in
Broad terrace, place for a dome and the sacred fire circle
tree crops and epic view of the valley and surrounding mountains
Kaki Persimmon (Diospyrus)
upper housing
buildings for farm workers that need restored
the neighbors terraces, soon to be abandoned as his age is almost 90
the view of grapes and houses
the ancient road
a bit humid in this forest, definitely the greenest place in Portugal
Granite buildings for housing
the park like forest right outside the door, huge trees mostly from North America
the park like forest right outside the door, giant sycamores and tulip poplar
the vineyard
grapes from arbors over the driveway
doesn’t this photo scream EUROPE
Grape arbor with granite roads and walls
winery equipment
the church, 17th century origin connected to the main house
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