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Finca Verde
- Location: Lanjaron, Spain
- Status: Open for volunteers, other visitors welcome by appointment
- Permanent resident capacity: 3
- Volunteer resident capacity: flexible - from May 2022
- Current population:
- 2 human residents
- 3 dogs,
- 1 daily farmer visitor
The Seven Domains of Permaculture Action in Practice
Land and Nature Stewardship
The Finca is around 7km from Lanjaron
The land consists of several plots of land including:
Name of Plot | Cultivating | Size | Irrigation Status | Next steps |
---|---|---|---|---|
South Side | Olives, some fruit trees | 1 ha | irrigated with watering pipes | |
East Side | Olives, some fruit trees | 1.6 ha | irrigated with watering pipes | End of the season rolling over the green manure |
Orange grove | Oranges | 2 acres | irrigated by overflow/watering pipes | roll over weeds when dry |
Almond hill | Almonds | 0.7 ha | not irrigated | harvest in August |
The Wilderness top | none | 1 acre | not irrigated | none |
The Wilderness valley | Olives | 1 acre | irrigated by overflow | none |
Building
- It has a small two-bedroom farmhouse (Cortijo)
- A tool shed
- A horse stable
- A chicken coup
- A pig stye
In the pipeline:
- Outdoor shower
- Compost toilet
- Micro cabin
- Outdoor kitchen
Tools and Technology
Facilities
Electricity is connected (220V, 3kW) » needs to be upgraded to 5kW
Irrigation water through the local irrigation system (acequia) is available every Sunday for 6 hours.
Potable water is available free from the town - but has to be brought in canisters from Lanjaron at the moment. We are monitoring potable water use.
Education and Culture
Vision
We want to
- transform a conventional olive & almond farm into a permaculture organic regenerative farm
- offer a space of learning and reconnecting with nature
- Participate in the local economy
- support and participate in aligned local community projects
- provide regenerative services
Here's a summarized history.
Visiting
At the moment we can only offer a space to park or a camping spot.
Visits are welcome but please only by appointment.
Volunteers
Please read here for more information.
Laboratorio hoja de olivo - análisis del suelo y del agua
We are in the process of setting up a soil and water analysis lab. More info on this soon.
Research
There's a lot of research to be done in order to make this a financially sustainable and regenerative project. We collect these topics here.
Projects
Blog
You can read our blog here.
Events
Health and Spiritual Well-being
We are not especially spiritual, our ethos is to live peacefully in nature and with our neighbours, building a community of mutual care. We love the quiet stillness of the countryside and would like to keep it this way.
Finance and Economics
At the moment work on the land is privately financed but we hope to turn the farm into a self-sustaining project.
Services
Wish List
A list of things we need/want to have.
Suppliers
Land Tenure and Community Governance
The farm is privately owned but we are thinking about ways in which to preserve the land for stewardship.
Governance
The resident team meet monthly to discuss the following:
- financial health check
- roundup of last month's activities
- next steps
Volunteers are welcome to attend if they wish.
Work management
We use Gitlab for tracking and assigning work, the permanent residents will be using this system, the volunteers will not be required to use it. Instead, the farm manager will work hand in hand with the volunteers to explain the tasks that need completing.