Winter
The land asleep
Deciduous trees stand bare, evergreens protect themselves from the cold with their leaves, and the snow feeds the aquifers.
In winter, whether a tree is deciduous or evergreen is the result of its adaptation to its surroundings and to the climate. Evergreens need their leaves to protect themselves from the cold; deciduous trees, on the other hand, stop absorbing nutrients from the soil, enter their winter rest and let their leaves fall. They stand bare.
When the snow comes the aquifers are replenished, the earth absorbs the nutrients from the dry leaves and seems to doze, waiting for fine weather.
More in The rambla
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Green, greys and ochres
Where the rambla is, how the Roca Parda and the Roca Roja were formed, and why the landscape changes completely when it rains.
Dry-stone walls and shelters
The terrace walls and huts that the people of this land raised with the only raw material they had to hand, stone, and which are now part of the landscape.
Spring
The first green
The plants that have overwintered wake up, the almond trees cover the fields in white and pink, and every few days the colours change.
