Gardening in the Mediterranean climate presents some unique challenges requiring wise use of water and a knowledge and appreciation of plants and gardens suited to the Mediterranean climate.
Am I an organic gardener? An honest answer is “partly”. I believe in trying to do without chemical aids in the garden and have turned to using natural fertilisers and compost and to employing organic gardening techniques for controlling pests where possible. However, I also use chemical methods where necessary.
This year, 2021, the calçotada calendar is Covid clear. But you can still buy them in all the shops and have your own messy feast at home. Find out more about these skinny leeks!
The Wolf in the Attic was published in 2016. Part period piece, part fantasy, it’s one of the more unusual books I have read in a while.
Though undoubtedly an artistic genius Dali had some pretty unsavoury habits – and never more so than when in 1963 he penned his celebrated homage to Perpignan station after experiencing “a mental ejaculation of cosmic ecstasy.”
P-O Life is looking for someone to take over the advertising side of the magazine and website.
Suzanne Dunaway LOVES to cook. Some might say she LIVES to cook. Having cooked, written and painted around the world, here she shares her PO-inspired recipes in this weekly blog.
A weekly update of local news in the Pyrenees-Orientales
At this time of year, we read a lot about Pine Processionary Caterpillars, hairy and dangerous little fellows who can cause severe irritation and allergic reactions in both human and animals who touch them or who come across their hairs, which can also blow in the wind.
Traditional British style sausages and bacon back in the P-O