Good morning!
With the arrival of Easter, we here in the countryside want to send you a very special greeting. For many, it's a time of rest, for others, a family reunion, and for most... an anticipated break in the middle of a season that's already pushing hard. And honestly, we really need it! 😅
So, I'm giving notice: today is the last day to place your order for Easter. Transport leaves today, Monday, for tomorrow's deliveries, but after that, we won't be shipping. We won't stop working here, but we'll resume shipping on Tuesday the 22nd.
So take advantage, we have over twenty seasonal products available.
This year, the Easter holidays are a perfect long weekend to hit the brakes and, with a bit of luck, escape the noise of everyday life. We hope to take advantage of it to fill ourselves with green, nature, and clean air.
Here in the countryside, that rest doesn't always come at the same time. We're right in a period of many tasks: caring for flowering, preparing irrigation, monitoring sprouts...
But even so, this Easter we are going to take a breather, even if it's symbolic. Because learning from the field also implies knowing that you cannot bear good fruit without first resting.
Anyway, the beginning of the week finds me just as busy as ever:
But returning to rest (which we will surely have!), it's the same with the earth. After producing and producing, the earth needs to stop. We call this fallow, which is simply letting the plot rest so it can recover everything that demanding crops have absorbed for months. We give it an opportunity to "breathe," to regenerate. And it really shows afterwards.
And trees do something similar, though more silently. With the arrival of cold, they enter a state of dormancy; they don't die, far from it. They conserve their energy. They concentrate life in their roots and bare branches until warm weather awakens them.
And when spring arrives... there they are: in full bloom, sprouting with all the strength accumulated during winter. And only from that rest can they then give us the juicy mandarins, sweet oranges, and flavorful persimmons that we love so much.
Ah! And speaking of sweet things, a promise made is a debt unpaid. Since you'll surely have time to read, I'm leaving you with the article from our blog where Raquel, our beekeeper colleague, told us many interesting things about the production of honey in the Sierras de León.
It's curious how the rhythms of nature reflect our own. We also need to stop. Do nothing, or simply do something different. Let our minds relax a little. Because just as the soil or the tree rests to sprout with more vigor, people also perform better when we give ourselves permission to disconnect.
So, if you're going to take advantage of the long weekend to go to the village, walk in the mountains, or simply sit in the sun with a good book and an orange... do it without guilt! This rest is not a luxury; it's an essential part of the cycle. As we say here: for there to be a harvest, there must first be a pause.
Have an excellent rest, see you next week.
A big hug!
