Visit us at Santa Catalina Market
Visit us at Santa Catalina Market from Monday to Saturday.
Costitx blooms to celebrate its big day
Costitx blooms to celebrate its big day. The streets were dressed in gala, colour and fantasy to enjoy the traditional Fira de les Flors.
The herdsman and the poppy
Poppies contain an alkaloid called ‘rhoeadine’, a mild sedative.
Vanessa and Alexandria
Wandering around Alburcutx Tower, Son Real beach and the Albufereta Marsh all saw good numbers of Painted Lady's with some Brimstones mixed in too.
Wild Mallorca: Robusta and the Sand Ploughman
The Albufera is the only place the Marsh Orchid is found on Mallorca, and I know of one spot away from the crowds, where they grow annually and in good numbers.
Wild Mallorca: King Tereus and Tolpis
The Greek playwright Aristophanes (446-386 BC) states King Tereus was transformed into a Hoopoe by the Gods as punishment for his crimes.
Gardening
Gardening In Majorca
Cut out the long and straggly bits on the Osteospermums (black eyed susan), you will find all the length of the stem has new little shoots, cut back within these and the plant will fill out again.
A Pyramidal Orchid
A Pyramidal Orchid.
- Spain at boiling point over eggs!
- Now there's a proposal for a fifteen-year residency requirement to buy a home in the Balearics
- A Good Friday. Britain's biggest cruise ship heads for Palma for Easter
- The Mallorcan town with the longest name: it contains 21 letters and has a population of 9,227
- Ryanair launches subscription that waives fees for reserved seats and insurance