A couple of years ago a tiny little fig sapling sprouted up outside our living room doors on the root of the old rosemary bush. The sapling is now up to the first floor windows and bursting with green figs.
US Citizens’ Spanish Escape – for sale
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EasyJet announces new Gatwick to Granada route
Originally posted on The Lecrin Valley:
Finally…from February 2017, EasyJet will be operating three return flights a week between London Gatwick and Granada-Jaen! The new service was announced today by the President of Granada provincial council, José Entrena (as reported in Ideal.es). This is great news for tourism and the economy of the Granada Province which…
Aaaaah, el Azahar!
Originally posted on The Lecrin Valley:
This time of year has to be the best time in the Lecrin Valley… the spring flowers are all out, the birds are singing, the weather is beautifully warm and sunny and the smell of citrus blossom, or “azahar” is everywhere. While the majority of this uplifting, sweet and pungent aroma…
Fruitful February!
The garden is full of tangerines, navel oranges, grapefruit and sunshine! It doesn’t really look like Winter does it?! Photos by Danielle Gouwens @AtHomeinAndalusia http://www.athomeinandalusia.com
Winter orange harvest is bittersweet!
Originally posted on The Lecrin Valley:
February is always a busy time of the year in the valley with the winter citrus harvest. Already 50-60% of the harvest gathered, the cooperativa (the Lecrin Valley’s local farmer’s cooperative) at Melegis is working full pelt with truck loads of local Lecrin Valley oranges being weighed and boxed up every…
Adios palmeras
Very sadly we have to report the demise of the beautiful palmeras that were such a part of the house. While they were vicious (those palm frond needles could easily take out an eye), they were very beautiful. However robust to the elements, the statuesque palms were unable to withstand the dreaded palm beetle, el picudo rojo or…
Flamenco in the Lecrin Valley!
Originally posted on The Lecrin Valley:
Restabal’s Fiesta de Santa Ana falls on the last weekend of July and for a number of years the fiesta has featured its own “Festival de Flamenco” on the Saturday night. This year’s VIII Festival de Flamenco de el Valle is sure to be another spectacular show. 25 July 2015, 22.30 (10.30PM), Plaza del Antiguo Cabildo.…
A Place in the Sun’s Lecrin Valley Episode Airs 23 Jan!
Originally posted on The Lecrin Valley:
The new series of A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun is now on Channel 4 and the episode featuring the Lecrin Valley/Granada will air on Friday, January 23rd at 14.10 (GMT), 15.10 in Spain (if you’re lucky enough to still get Channel 4)! So if you want to…
A Place in the Sun comes to the Lecrin Valley
Originally posted on The Lecrin Valley:
It’s been a very exciting week in the Lecrin Valley, with the arrival of Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun. The crew has been filming in the area for a new episode featuring a British couple who are thinking about buying in the Granada Province. A few weeks…
Oranges, lemons & life in Chite 