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We are Sean and Helen who, together with our Border collie “Bronwen”, moved to Crete in 2005 and after three years of planning and preparation, followed by 4 months in a caravan and then 3 months in a tent, we moved into our new home “Arete” on Christmas Eve 2005 with two armchairs, a bed and a roaring log fire. Our aim is to provide for ourselves as much as possible from our land & animals, the rest we source locally and from our neighbors . We harvest our olives in the winter providing us with more than enough extra virgin olive oil for the year, grow vegetables all year round in the garden and keep chickens and geese for eggs. Two bee hives give us the sweetest honey we’ve ever tasted and local knowledge guides us to the best places for picking wild greens “horta”, purslane and fennel, thyme and oregano. Eventually we hope to keep a goat for cheese and a donkey for a ride to the Kafeneion.
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