HOLIDAY BOOKINGS ROLLING IN SO PLEASE GET IN TOUCH
Suddenly it is February, the month of almond blossom, budding vines and holiday bookings.
Many people have been in touch in recent days and we have already taken bookings for our cottage for eight weeks this spring and summer.
We ask that anyone considering visiting the farm and exploring this beautiful area to get in touch as soon as possible. Please see our holiday page for more details of costs and the many things to see and do here.
We are always happy to advise on - and organise - wine tours, restaurant visits, walking routes, birdwatching, best beaches and historical sites.
We are making wine from our Garnatxa and Carinyena vineyards again this year, and it looks like being an excellent vintage. Come and try some.
New harvest oil deliveries
Our first 2010 shipment of 5 and 2 litre containers and cases of 500ml bottles, to private customers, leading chefs and top delis is in the UK and deliveries are going ahead.
If you would like to try fresh, cold-pressed, single mill, extra virgin Mother's Garden olive oil we would be delighted to supply you.
We can arrange delivery anywhere in the UK at £42.50 for 5 litres, £26.25 for 2 litres and £49 for a case of 6x500lm glass bottles which are ideal for gifts. You can cut these prices by up to £10 if you share a 30 litre order with family and friends through our very popular hub system - see the olive oil page.
This oil is not for resale, but we can provide delis and healthfood stores, so please get in touch.
Email us at mothersgarden.es@gmail.com whether you are a private customer or business.
Mother's Garden Extra Virgin Olive Oil, made from arbequina olives harvested by 40 neighbouring families in one small village in the Priorat mountains, won a gold star in the 2008 Great Taste Awards last September, following on from Delia Smith listing it as the only olive oil ingredient in her bestseller How To Cheat At Cooking.
To ensure premium quality we do not hold stock in the UK, and only bottle at the mill and ship when we have a minimum of 500 litres ordered - so spread the word and find out why more and more people love and trust Mother's Garden.
New Catalonia Today podcast
I'm very happy to say that for a few years now I have been writing for a monthly magazine called Catalonia Today, and from February 2010 people around the world can listen to podcasts by me and my fellow writers.
There are some excellent journalists on the team, so click on the link at the top of this page to tune in.
Sales of the magazine are rising steadily, so anyone interested in learning about Catalonia, or just enjoy erudite comment, general features and book reviews should log on to http://podcast.cataloniatoday.cat/.
Want to help on the farm?
Every year we are with visits by young and young at heart people from around the world, who come to help on the farm and share in the unusual life that is Mother's Garden.
If anyone is interested in spending a few days of a couple of weeks wooding, pruning and possibly harvesting, please get in touch.
Quote for February
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular - Laurence J Peter

Chance to share the dream

Maggie and Martin's luxury holiday cottage on their working farm, close to their home, could be yours.
Click here for more details

Read book that's set to be film

A film company is working on the screenplay of Martin's novel Count The Petals Of The Moon Daisy (ISBN 978 190 349 0297), a story that touches the English pastoral roots of countless Americans.
Martin has signed a film option with Eye Film & Television and planning is now going ahead. Watch this space.

To buy this book on Amazon click here.

A gripping, compelling and
beautiful tale. It has great depth and wisdom even for those who already know the truth of the message; that to restore the worn and troubled spirit it is necessary to actually engage with wildlife.
- Margaret Bird, Harnser Magazine

Count the Petals of the Moon Daisy is inspirational on many levels, not least orf which is going with the urge to follow our own dreams .... It is informative and entertaining and to be recommended as a summer holiday read - particularly for anyone holidaying in Norfolk
- Annie Hirst, Norfolk Magazine

You can also click on the book cover above to purchase Martin's book No Going Back - Journey to Mother's Garden, published by Time Warner.