The Mallorcan Shepherd Dog
The Ca de Bestiar or Mallorcan Shepherd Dog is often mistaken for a Black Labrador or a Labrador mix, but is in fact a pure breed dog. The Ca de Bestiar […]
Homing Pigeons
You may already know that in Spain there are quite a number of keen followers of the hobby of long distance racing with homing pigeons. A surprisingly large number of afficionados to […]
Olive Oil Press
A traditional Mallorcan olive press for the extraction of olive oil is called a Tafona. The production of olive oil in Mallorca was never on a big scale, but came […]
Hail the Melon Festival in Vilafranca
The annual Melon Festival was held in Bukhara in Uzbekistan a week ago. I have to admit that I missed the occasion. Bukhara, of course, is a thriving city of […]
End of Summer Delights
Ah, the delights of late Summer. The fig season is starting now, at the end of summer, and figs are sold either fresh off the tree, or else, dried. The ripe […]
Juicy Grapes
I was pleased to see this year’s first Mallorcan grapes on sale in the local markets, a week ago; they tasted really good, by the way. I was surprised, however, to read in […]
Trinxets and Other Pocketknives
You may have seen the funny looking pocketknives that are used by every Mallorcan campesino worth his salt, and by many sassy Mallorcaholics from all major Central European destinations, including […]
The Return of the Prodigal Apricot
Last year was a strange year in Mallorca in botanic terms. There were no apricots in Mallorca. On a tree that normally is laden with hundreds of apricots, there were […]
Honky Tonk Donkeys
The donkey (Equus asinus asinus) is in a way the animal that the Catalonians like to represent themselves with, as opposed to the Osborne toro (bull). Mallorca is not really part of […]
Quaint Garden in Ariany
Not many people make their way to Ariany, a small agricultural town between Santa Margalida and Petra. A shame really. The pueblo sits nicely elevated on a hilltop and from […]
Spring Lambs
Spring has sprung and with it, the Spring lambs’ season. If you like eating meat, you ought to try Mallorcan lamb. Succulent, tender, hearty, scrumptious. Have a pierna de cordero […]
The Windmill Trail
Windmills for bringing up water for irrigation purposes were introduced to Mallorca in 1847 by a Dutch engineer, Paul Bouvy Schorenberg. The first mill of that type was erected in […]
The Three Tenors
The domesticated version of the Wild Turkey (Meleagris Gallopavo) is quite common in Mallorca. The animal is reared for its dexterity as a guard dog as well as for its […]
Water Works
World Water Day was celebrated two days ago, on March 20th. Water is probably the most vital of resources for life on Earth. Water management has brought out some ingenuity […]
A Constant Trickle
We are looking here at a small part of a large underground system of tunnels collecting water for irrigation purposes. It is said that these tunnels were possibly first built […]
Green Almonds
Thanks to the unusually mild January and February, not only did we see a particularly early almond blossoms season this year, but as a result, we now have the first […]
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