Garden Tour

From the interior patio large wooden doors open onto the garden and steps straight ahead lead down to the swimming pool, open air shower, barbeque area and poolside pavilion.

Swimming pool and pavilion
Swimming pool and pavilion
Garden by pool
Garden by pool
Pavillion by swimming pool
Pavillion by swimming pool

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The garden close to the house has a mixture of ornamental and fruiting plants and trees. The organic vegetable garden is on this top layer of the farm too.

Vegetable garden
Organic vegetable garden with beetroot Noire de Egypt in the foreground, red Quatro Estaciones lettuce and Florence fennel in the next row, and mange-toute peas growing up the canes
Vegetable garden
A big plantation of lemon grass with Swiss chard,  Mange-toute peas and lettuce behind
This springs onion crop
This springs onion crop

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Quince in the orchard
Quince in the orchard
 View of back of house from the vegetable garden
View of back of house from the vegetable garden
Clementines by the swimming pool
Clementines by the swimming pool

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Scented solandra on the pergola at the back of the house
Scented solandra on the pergola at the back of the house

The main crop of the farm are limes, but there are also orange, almond, olive and figs trees amongst others to provide fruit for the house.

In this dry and sunny climate irrigation is a must for the whole of the farm. The rights to an amount of irrigation water come with the deeds of the farm and this low cost water is provided by an agricultural society – SAT – that the farm is a member of. There is a large underground water deposit to store the water and a fully automatic irrigation system divided into six zones to allow for the varying needs of the different parts of the farm.

Morning sun on the east of the house from the lime grove
Morning sun on the east of the house from the lime grove
Ripe figs in July
Ripe figs in July

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Pear blossom
Pear blossom
Sage and rosemary in the herb garden
Sage and rosemary in the herb garden

Below the south wing of the house is a large wine making area and cellar at the end of which is a large walk in refrigerated wine and food store.

Wine Cellar
Wine Cellar

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Interior of the Bodega/wine cellar
Interior of the Bodega/wine cellar

At the side of this wine cellar is a store room for gardening tools and a four car garage.

There are also two large extra store rooms at the back of the garage.

La Micaela - viewed from the north
La Micaela – viewed from the north

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