I recently bought half a butternut squash (mogango) from the local supermarket in Estremoz and was dismayed when I got home to see that it came all the way from South Africa! Why? When Portugal, and especially the Alentejo, produces pumpkins and squash in the millions. Annoyed with myself for not checking the label, I decided that having bought a vegetable with such a humungous footprint I would just have to make the most of it. Luckily for me, I follow a UK garden expert on Instagram who knows what he’s doing…