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Mulching
As the growing conditions around Sunseed are very harsh with very little rain and soil depleted from nutrients, it is very important to use innovative methods to protect plants from the harshest sun in...
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Pictures from the gardens August 2014
Habanero chillies – very spicy! Medicinal and other use plants: yarrow and stevia Sweetcorn Chinese date – Jujube Pumpkin in a jujube tree! Red zinnia flowers with the climbing beans Butternut...
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Restoration of the water pump
The Sunseed team has been very busy this week trying to keep up with all of the exciting changes. A lot of new faces have been passing through the village to get a taste of sustainable living. These...
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Volunteer stories – Florrie
My name is Florrie and I am 12. I come from Devon, UK. I really enjoyed my stay here at Sunseed. I was worried that there wasn’t going to be very much for children to do here, but there were plenty of...
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The Sunseed Library´s New Look
The Sunseed Library is reborn! The Sunseed Library has recently been given a great make over by one of our summer interns, Chloe. Chloe came to spend two months in the Communication and Education...
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The New Free Shop at Sunseed
There is a new Free Shop at Sunseed. The Free Shop is a long standing Sunseed institution. Every week for many years our free shop has been a place to leave behind unwanted stuff for the next Sunseed...
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Sunseed at Etnosur
EtnoSur en Alcalá la Real, Jaén By Andreia EtnoSur is a cultural festival which is place for a variety of artistic expressions, like dance, theatre, performances and cinema, in the joyful atmosphere of...
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Sunseed Annual Report 2013
Our Annual Report of 2013 is now online! A big thank you to all volunteers and staff from last year. Please go to our Annual Report 2013 page to take a look
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A Low Impact Fridge at Sunseed
Sunseed has a low impact fridge! This summer two French interns, Benjamin and Sylvain, joined us in the AT department. Their project was to design and experiment with a low impact fridge for Sunseed....
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Sunseed at Rototom 2014
Sunseed was recently at the reggae festival Rototom in Benicassim to communicate the project and spread the word. We were there for a week publicising Sunseed and interacting with people interested in...
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The Ram Pump has been renovated!
One of the major projects and work of the Appropriate Technology department this summer has been a much needed renovation of the famous Sunseed ram pump! The ram pump is one of the best example of...
View ArticleVoluntary Organic Gardens Co-ordinator Vacancy
We are currently looking for applications for a Voluntary Organic Gardens Co-ordinator. Background: Sunseed is set in a small, past abandoned village in one of the driest parts of Europe, having less...
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Permaculture Design Certificate Course PDC 17-31 October 2014
Next Course organised by our partner association Cultura de la Tierra – Earth Culture is Permaculture Design Certificate Course – 90 hours . From 17 to 31 October 2014 This course will introduce ways...
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Bill Mollison — The Father of Permaculture!
Bruce Charles also known as Bill was born in 1928 in Tasmania, Australia. He is known as one of the first people to discuss the idea of permanent agriculture. He founded the Permaculture Institute of...
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Sourdough Bread
Our sourdough starter has now been alive for 6 months! Sebastian, our Dutch volunteer who split his time between Organic Gardens and time with fermentation projects with Sustainable Living (and his...
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Arizona’s land
After a series of interventions in Arizona’s land, we have done the ultimate one! In the two gullies in the plot, we have built reed and woody barriers to stop soil erosion. The barriers have been...
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Greenhouse
We have finally built the greenhouse for the seedlings from our nursery so they can spend the winter calentitas! We are in a desert climate zone, so that the amplitude of temperature between day and...
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Carob harvesting
We have been harvesting some carobs in three trees placed in Los Molinos del Río Aguas. We collected the fruits by hand but when they were not easily accessible we used a long stick to knock down the...
View ArticleThe Easiest Bread In The World!
In an semi-epic personal journey of finding the simplest most intuitive naturally leavened bread possible, I have finally triumphed. Let the doves free! Cue an orchestra of angels! OK, so how did I do...
View ArticleOlives Seasoning
Since March, we have been eating our own olives. We are quite happy of the olive seasoning we did made months ago. In the process of olive preparation we started soaking the olives in a mixture of...
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