Castanas – Sweet Chestnuts from the Sierra
It’s Halloween and I’ve escaped the PC and headed to Refugio de Jaunar to take a walk. By the rural …
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Temple Garden, Alozaina, Andalucia
From the kitchen window I’ve often admired a dramatic red gorge that cuts across the Sierra Prieta – it’s a …
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Cactus Botanical Garden, Sierra de las Nieves – Jardín Botanico de Cactus y Otras Suculentas ‘Mora i Bravard’
Collected with passion and some degree of obsession, these striking and sometimes very rare cactus and succulents now call a small Andalusian mountain village home.
Read MoreNatural & organic fruit and veg market – Coin (Malaga province)
Today I was introduced to the local natural and organic fruit and veg market in Coín. My guide and vegetarian, organic food evangelist was Natalie, vegetarian food writer, cook, stylist and restaurant consultant.
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Picking almonds – surprisingly therapeutic
This evening I enjoyed some peace and solitude, picking almonds from the trees around the cortijo. The temperature was so …
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Healing waters in the Sierra de las Nieves – Balneario de Tolox
Yesterday, seeing the effects of the devastating wildfire was exhausting and draining. By the time we got back to …
Read MoreGauro – the village of the Luna Mora
For more information about the village of Guaro, that is near my rural retreat, Cortijo de las Nieves, you can …
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Easter Sunday in Tolox, Sierra de las Nieves
It’s no secret that Spain, especially here in the south, commemorates the festival of Easter in a big way. Semana …
Read MoreWild Flowers – Guaro Viejo
Up at the cortijo this weekend, as we're looking after Lucy Lou. Despite the dry weather, the wid iris, orchids …
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