When you live in the middle of nowhere, your neighbours are important and we are lucky to live not so far away from Seu Zé. Once a week or so, we visit him to buy organic vegetables.
Zé with mandioca freshly pulled from the ground
He is known locally for growing organic mandioca (cassava), from which he makes his living. His garden however, has a wealth of other plants and fruits and is surrounded by all types of citrus trees.
He doesn´t charge for oranges and he lets you pick as many as you like!
He surrounds his plots with sticks to keep off cats and other animals.
Pineapple
Visiting Zé is always a pleasure and reminds me a little of my childhood in rural England.
Zé´s House in the Late Afternoon
You can read this and other posts on my blog:
https://paradiseregainedsite.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/our-neighbour-ze/