Just one hour from Seville arriving to Tentudia region, Ranch Biensevive and its organized holiday walkings you will be overwhelmed by beautiful scenery but above all by countryside local knowledge. I call it “micro tourism” (to have access to local knowledge and experiences) Ranch Biensevive brings back to live traditional vegetable garden (huerta) agroecosystem. Most […]
Read MoreOrganic Vegetable Garden (Huerto). Part 2 – Permaculture system of cultivation:
Walking In Tentudia region brings you back to traditional agriculture: it is very common in vegetable gardens to grow cereals and also raise pigs. It is a combined cultivation of vegetable, cereal and fruit trees with the raising of cows, goats and pigs. Mules and donkeys are very important for vegetable gardens (work the land, […]
Read MoreVegetable Garden (Huerto vs Huerta). Definition, Location, Types
Organic/traditional vegetable garden (huerta) existing in Tentudia in the fifties had such specific characteristics that made it a very particular organic agro ecosystem. Today from spring to summer, we can fortunately still enjoy vegetable gardens while walking around Tentudia region. Unlike extensive land exploitation, as Dehesa, vegetable garden (huerto/a) has always been based on intensive […]
Read MoreThe beginnings of “Biensevive”
This is the story of Javier Aguirrebengoa’s attempt to go “back to basics” in the mountains near his home in Sevilla, Andalucia An hours drive north of Seville takes you into the heart of the Sierra Morena. This is a massive range containing many smaller sierras. The Sierra de Aracena is quite popular, but the […]
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