This is Our Abandoned Farm in Spain [Project Overview]

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This is a project overview article is about our abandoned farm in Spain. With this article you will be able to understand what we have in the Finca and where things were at the time we bought it.

This Project Overview is the first part of a two-part series.
You can check out the second part, Plans for the Future.

Just to make things clear…

This aticle is not intended to be very long, as there is a comprehensive video down below that covers everything in more details.

NOTE:
At the time I wrote this article, I didn’t have a drone to take aerial footage of the Finca, so I used satellite images from the Spanish government’s “Sigpac”, and also from Google Earth.

Project Overview

Let’s dive right into the project overview of our Finca so you can understand what we have on the property and where things were at the time we purchased it.

The Land

This is a rustic land, located between two mountains that are part of a natural parks with protected area. The land is about 11,560m2 (1.156 hectares).

On our abandoned land in Spain we have lots of olive trees (more than 100 trees), and some carob trees.

The Stone House

The stone house with the original part that collapsed has 105m2. With the part that has a roof it has 59m2. It is made up of two floors. Upstairs was the living part. Downstairs was the corral.

Despite having been abandoned for such a long time, the walls on one side of the house are solid. The other is collapsing (This requires emergency work).

 The Water Well

The water well is located in the lower terrace of the land, at the junction between the two mountains. It is about 5 meters deep.

After being restored and cleaned, it will supply us with around 200 to 500 liters of water per day.

Since we bought our abandoned land in Spain, we have suspected that the water well was built by the Phoenicians, as there are other similar structures in the region.

The Rainwater Cistern

This is our ancient rainwater collection cistern / tank. Despite having cracks because of olive trees roots, it is partially working. Once restored it will be part of our rainwater harvesting system.

It has a ancient cement pavement that channels rainwater into the cistern. It has the total capacity to collect and store 5000 liters of rainwater.

The New Road and Access Ramp

When we bought our abandoned land, we didn’t have an access road to the property. This made things very difficult on the beginning.

At first we were using the neighbor’s land, which was not ideal. So we hired a tractor guy and he opened the new road, cutted some of the olive trees and build the access ramp. Now we have access the Finca through this new road and access ramp.

The Olive Trees

According to SIGPAC we have more than 100 olive trees on the property. As they have not been cared for in over 100 years, there is a lot of work to be done before the first harvest.

This is exciting because there are mature olive trees of good quality there. My neighbor Juanjo told me that some of the olive trees are over 400 years old.

This is Our Abandoned Farm in Spain

The Eridu Life is a very interesting project. There is a lot to be covered. So I recorded a full video to talk about everything of what we have at the Finca.

Watch the video:

In the above video I talk about:

The abandoned land;
The old stone house;
The phoenician water well;
The rainwater cistern;
The new road & ramp;
The old olive trees;

What you think of our abandoned farm in Spain project?

Conclusion

The purpose of this part one Project Overview article was to show what we have on our abandoned farm in Spain and where things are located when we bought it.

You can also check out the second part Plans for the Future.

In this article I have talked about of the land, the stone house, the well, the cistern, the new road and access ramp and the olive trees.

I hope you enjoyed the way I used satellite and google earth images to demonstrate where things are located in the Finca.

That’s it for this article. Did you like it?

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