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Get the autumn kitchen garden ready

Visits: 155

At the GOB nursery garden, Es Viver, are found ecological winter plants of various local varieties. Now is the time to plant lettuces, endives, chard, spinach, cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, radishes…You will find something for planting yourselves. The local varieties allow us to harvest quality products and manage our kitchen gardens with ecologically favourable practices. Continue reading Get the autumn kitchen garden ready

Voluntary work on bioindicators: knowing and helping nature

Visits: 170

Autumn is starting and GOB has much pleasure in continuing to offer activities that enrich the voluntary work for those helping to conserve the environmental values of Menorca. It is now a year since a new scheme was initiated to analyse the impact of measures taken in accordance with the Land Stewardship Scheme by the farms that have signed the agreement. Continue reading Voluntary work on bioindicators: knowing and helping nature

Santa Ponça and the indignant promoters

Visits: 715

We have recently seen in the Menorcan press repeated messages by investors that have started agro tourism of Santa Ponça and Torre Vella. Some messages implied that this island is an embarrassment because procedures are very long, because tourism is not well received and that some farm improvements demand too much bureaucracy. Continue reading Santa Ponça and the indignant promoters

Letter about water to Mrs Armengol and Mr Mir

Visits: 253

One of the major problems that confronts Menorca is the shortage of water resources. This is a difficult matter to resolve because it is the Balearic Government that is responsible for its management and there have been successive cases of inaction, lack of transparency and failures to complete obligations. This is not a new problem, but it is never sorted out and in some cases becomes much worse. The latest example is from the increase in building development wanted at Torre-solí. Continue reading Letter about water to Mrs Armengol and Mr Mir