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Easing Covid Restrictions – This Will Take Time

Easing Covid Restrictions – This Will Take Time

23rd September 2021

Currently no dates have been proposed or agreed as to when Covid restrictions will be eased or removed in Madeira.

First Yoyoso Shop Opens in MadeiraShopping

First Yoyoso Shop Opens in MadeiraShopping

23rd September 2021

Coastguards Called Out to Help Sailboat Crew

Coastguards Called Out to Help Sailboat Crew

23rd September 2021

International Drug Traffickers Trial Starts Today

International Drug Traffickers Trial Starts Today

22nd September 2021

Portosantenses Mobility Allowance

Portosantenses Mobility Allowance

22nd September 2021

100 Volunteers Clean Calhau da Lapa

100 Volunteers Clean Calhau da Lapa

22nd September 2021

Funchal Road Works

Funchal Road Works

21st September 2021

Hole in Ozone Layer Bigger Than Antarctica

Hole in Ozone Layer Bigger Than Antarctica

21st September 2021

Nineteen Tourist Medals of Merit to be Awarded

Nineteen Tourist Medals of Merit to be Awarded

21st September 2021

Earthquake Recorded Northeast of Porto Santo

Earthquake Recorded Northeast of Porto Santo

21st September 2021

Dead Body Found on Road

Dead Body Found on Road

21st September 2021

Prime Minister António Costa in Madeira

Prime Minister António Costa in Madeira

20th September 2021

Public Holidays 2021

5 Oct - Republic Day
1 Nov - All Saints’ Day
1 Dec - Independence Day
8 Dec - Immac. Conception
25 Dec - Christmas
2022
1 Jan - New Year
2 April - Good Friday
4 April - Easter
1 May - Labor Day
3 June - Corpus Christi
10 June - Portugal Day
15 Aug - Assumption
5 Oct - Republic Day
1 Nov - All Saints
1 Dec - Restoration Day
8 Dec- Imm. Conception
25 Dec - Christmas

Autumn Gardening

Autumn is upon us, and with the mild wet weather we have been experiencing, now is the time to get out into the garden, cut down tired and old plants and remove dead leaves. It is also the ideal time to give the earth a turnover, and if you have been composting over the summer months, a light dressing of either leaf or garden compost will greatly revive sun parched soil.
Of course, the mild damp weather brings another thug into the garden - weeds - So now is the time to remove as many as possible before they have the chance to take hold, or the soil becomes too wet to work with.
However, weeds aside, now is the time to trim hedges, shrubs and bushes and start planning your winter borders and vegetable patch.