In one field, a commendable attempt was made (temporarily) to break the monotony of agricultural products (olives and sheep) with opuntias, which bear delicious prickly pears from August onwards; in the opposite field, the anemones do this quite spontaneously on their own from November to March.

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Drschminke

September 8, 2025

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Unfortunately, the prickly pears have since been razed to the ground. Presumably, their cultivation was not profitable.

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Aguara01

September 8, 2025

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Thanks for the update! Indeed, the owner had already told me about this, precisely because it wasn't worth it for him to market it (there were EU subsidies, but only …

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