This week we all squeezed into our car, with the trailer filled to the brim with shovels, pick axes, and pre-made sandwiches and headed out to El Gozo in Caspe to offer our assistance to a sister permaculture project in need of some helping hands.
It is easy to get carried away describing the beauty of the Farm and the valley; the views across to the mountains, the olive and almond groves, dotted with the ruins of fincas from time gone by. What makes this place really special however, is how, amongst the spectacular landscape, Max and Nic are working to make their own place from scratch. We have really appreciated their down to earth and relaxed nature, and their thoughtfulness in sharing their space and introducing us to their way of life.
Throughout all the hard times we’ve had on the mountain, the thing that has kept me going was a feeling of awe and gratitude that we can live in this spectacular place and I think that feeling truly came alive that first night, seeing the Milky Way through the tent flaps and realising there was nothing better than this.
We are planting up a hugel mound with Mouse repelling plants.