The olive harvest is in and the first batch of unfiltered olive oil is now in the UK. Gales have shaken the valley, but there was a break, blues skies, and a chance to walk back 10,000 years.....

The graft of harvest, the need for tea. The people and their quiet pride.

Early starts, nets repaired and ready, one eye on the nature .... and a very special memory of the Glenn Miller sound.

Calm before the storm, before the leaves fall. Memories of childhood, painful and magical. The need to get down to the sea.

Have you ever tasted the fruits of strawberry or persimmon trees? What do you think net zero means with regard to climate damaging emmisions? Life at Mother's Garden and, perhaps, words to ease you to sleep.

Gentle tales from Mother's Garden, bringing Mediterranean nature into your home and maybe, just maybe, helping you to relax, to sleep.

Martin Kirby, mothersgarden.org

Martin's late April birdsong recordings and account of life from a lush Mother's Garden.

Snakes, bee-eaters and the scent of olive leaf mulch. What would life be without birdsong?

Life at Mother's Garden - Martin's latest nature podcast from an Iberian, Mediterranean olive farm where he and his family strive to notice, to learn... and to tread softly.....

The Mother's Garden podcast, March 2021 - sharing the nature, rhythm of seasons and discoveries on our Iberian mountain farm. Please share. Get in touch. Live the day - Martin