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The La Donaira Journal team is made up of professionals from diverse fields such as communication, agriculture, horsemanship, art, music, etc. We write about life, work, culture, nature, science, architecture, food, and inspiration from our visitors and other fresh thinkers around the world for better ways of farming, conserving nature, designing spaces – and living in general.

A BURST OF A HARVEST
We celebrate the inauguration of the new bio-intensive garden with a whirlwind survey of the Spring harvest. Three times a...
21 May, 2019
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THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE
If you want to do something new, you will need new sorts of tools, both mental and physical. Today we...
17 May, 2019
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FROM THE BELLY OF THE EARTH TO THE HEART OF THE SUN
With the arrival of Spring, we celebrate the new springs that have sprung up all across the land. Over the...
13 May, 2019
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AN ANGEL DISGUISED AS A VOLUNTEER
The volunteer program is a major component in the social poly-culture we are so passionate about growing at La Donaira....
10 May, 2019
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A DARK STORY IN THREE ACTS
Stories bring places to life, and places attach special meaning to stories. Every story takes place somewhere, and every place...
7 May, 2019
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FROM BEEKEEPER TO BEELOVER: An interview with Jonathan Powell, Part 1
“Sometimes a man must go alone into the forest and die into its heart, so he can bring back the...
30 April, 2019
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THE PERFECT RECIPE TO FIND A SENSE OF PEACE
All of us feel the need to disconnect once in a while, to let go of our (sometimes) overwhelming day...
26 April, 2019
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PRESERVING THE PAJUNA, OUR HERITAGE CATTLE
Alarming declines in the numbers of flora and fauna around the world have raised fears that we are in the...
22 April, 2019
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A NEW GARDEN FOR A NEW YEAR
“We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil”, Leonardo da Vinci...
15 April, 2019
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PORTRAIT OF AN ANDALUSIAN CORTIJO
La Donaira’s hotel, nested in an idyllic natural paradise between the Serranía de Ronda (Málaga) and the Sierra de Grazalema...
15 March, 2019
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BIODYNAMICS – RETHINKING AGRICULTURE
As we pass the mid-winter mark we reflect on the changing of the seasons. The sun is low in the...
5 March, 2019
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THE SALON SESSIONS: SEEKERS OF THE TRUTH
We are very happy to invite the pianist Maria Testa and the Camino 4, a dance troupe from Malaga, for...
25 February, 2019
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THE MEDICINAL GARDEN
In the beginning there was a medicinal garden. Right below the Hotel or “Cortijo”, the medicinal garden holds its ground....
23 February, 2019
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A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF LA DONAIRA’S VOLUNTEERS
This year has been very rich within the volunteer community at La Donaira. In “the Nido” on the farm lives...
16 February, 2019
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HOW TO GENTLE A NEWBORN HORSE
Whilst most westerners talk about “breaking” a horse to describe the process of training it for work with humans, Native...
9 February, 2019
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TIME TO GET MARRIED!
Have you ever thought of having your wedding in a permaculture-based farm, surrounded by the mountains and overlooking the valleys?...
1 February, 2019
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SALON SESSION: MARIA TESTA, MARCH 23th
The Sacred Dances will be performed by the School Camino 4, group of studies and practise of the Gurdjieff’s work,...
19 January, 2019
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VOLUNTEERING
17 January, 2019
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THE CALL OF THE WILD
“Once you learn to read the land, I have no fear of what you will do to it, or with...
15 January, 2019
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THE GOLD OF LA DONAIRA
As we move into the colder and wilder months, La Donaira turns the focus inwards to the warmth of the...
18 December, 2018
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DO YOU FEEL THE BEES?
This is the question that launched Jonathan Powell on his journey from bee keeper to bee lover. At La Donaira,...
5 December, 2018
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