Costitx is a village in Mallorca’s central Pla area and, apart from its notoriously long time mayoress, is mainly known for its Observatori Astronòmic de Mallorca. Costitx is also known […]
What you see here – if you look closely – is the Processionary Caterpillar (Thaumetopoeidae pityocampa), actually three of them clinging onto each other top to tail. I think they […]
As a direct result of the weather pattern last year, 2007 has seen a considerable decrease in wine production in Mallorca, we were informed by the press. A lack of […]
The production of good quality olive oil has had a bit of a renaissance lately, in Mallorca. One of the centres of olive oil pressing is the village of Caimari, […]
Not so many years ago, Mallorca was a predominantly agricultural society. Almonds, carob beans, oranges, apricots, wine and olives were the main crops, together with a bit of sheep farming […]
People living in rural areas in Mallorca do not always have everything available to them. Some fincas do not have mains electricity connected, or telephone, water, sewage, or Internet, you […]
Amongst the loveliest sights that one can encounter on the island of Mallorca are the almond trees when in full blossom. Now is the time for these wonders of nature […]
I accept with humble defiance that my title today is a bit misleading. Vanities not so much; bonfires, yes, and many. Today is the day of San Antonio, when bonfires […]
Mallorca always used to be a rural society, predominantly shaped by farming and agriculture. Rural communities had their own infrastructure, with parish churches, local schools and farmers markets. But times […]
A country dwelling in Mallorca is called a finca rustica. A slightly grander country property is called a casa señorial. And the nicest and oldest country retreats, those with a […]
The time between November and February is the perfect season to plant your trees, if that is what you want. Local Viveros or garden centres are now offering a good […]
November is the time of the year when Mallorcan families celebrate matanzas. A pig has been reared all year long. Now it is time to slaughter the animal, to make […]
The good news about winter time is that this is the season for oranges, mandarines, tangerines, clementines and satsumas. There are Spanish oranges of this year’s crop already in the […]
Only yesterday, I was talking about Winter and the first snow this year. Today I am happy to tell you about the first signs of Spring. Weird, really. When I […]
Sebastià, our local farmer has been breeding little piggies ever since we knew him, which is twenty years by now. I had to think of the Beatles song, Piggies, when […]
Every year in November, the village of Llubi in Mallorca stages its annual Fira de la Mel, the Honey Fair, a great exhibition around the world of the bee. Beekeepers […]