My daughter with the builders bum!
Ive roped in my daughter, Emma, recently, to help out with some repair work to my roof and the pool area. She hasnt had any experience with construction but she has done really well and got “stuck in”, as can be seen from the photos!
New addition to the “neigh” bourhood (ha ha)
My neighbour, Tracy has a mare called Missy, that gave birth yesterday to a foal. We happened to be alerted by the dogs at 4pm, who went wild with excitement, before starting up a not stop racket.
I guess the dogs had seen the emergence of the foal. Wouldn’t it be great to have been inside [...]
Millet - OK now weve grown it, what do we do with it?
We were given some millet seeds some time ago by David and Aspen of Semilla Besada. Not really knowing what we were doing we did the sensible thing, shoved them in a free part of the “campo” and made sure they were regularly watered. Now in the space of a few months they have grown [...]
Semilla Besada - shaping the future
Our friends David and Aspen Edge have set up a blog to record their experiences at Semilla Besada, here in the Alpujarras. Semilla Besada is concerned with Sustainable Stewardship of Life, Land and Livelihood. They aim to create sustainable life, land and livelihood design in brittle environments through their
educational seminars,
bookshop,
unique [...]
Making Paneer Cheese
I’ve just discovered how to make cheese, well, Indian cheese actually. Called Paneer. It shows I’ve not got too much to do when all Ive got to worry about is either (a) will England manage to bowl out South Africa and win the 1st Test, or (b) will my newly made paneer cheese set properly!
Simple [...]
First go at making homemade pasta
Bit bored today. Too hot to go outside, so I thought I’d have a go at making homemade pasta. A bit complicated for a northerner like me, but not that hard actually.
You go through various stages of dough preparation. Just flour, eggs and lots of gentle massaging, sorry kneading. Leave for an hour and roll [...]
Fiesta de San Juan
Saturday evening 21st June “LA PUBLICA”
A wild carnival through the streets of Lanjaron. A chance for all the townsfolk to dress up, put on clothing normally worn by the opposite sex, go wild and have a party.[gallery]
Life for a part time veggie in Spain!
Ok let’s get this straight …………… I am a red blooded meat eater, always was and always will be!
However I happen to live with a woman who has been a vegetarian for over 20 years. It hasn’t been too difficult for me living with a ”veggie” as the veggie cooking world has been easy to get into. In [...]
Irrigating the land - “Camposinos” or Muppets?
It’s that time of year again. The waters from the snowmelt of the high Sierra Nevada are flowing strongly. Soon this will end, and from mid-June to October or November we can expect little irrigation water. So the time is ripe for all good “camposinos” (country workers) to water their lands before the summer droughts
Now [...]
A Little Piece Of Green in A Far And Distant Land: Wed, May 18, 2005
Yesterday went to the “Bar Flower” in Lanjarón. I had been rock climbing with 2 clients and had told them I’d take them to an really authentic Spanish working mens’ bar with flamenco/tapas etc. On approaching the bar’s entrance the drunken sounds of a man singing a strangely familar song split the air………………..
“We walked him to [...]
