Our farm is called Rinconcillo (small corner) and owes its name to the city in which it is located (Rincón de la Victoria in Málaga). A Spanish corner is also a small place where you hide to isolate yourself from the rest of the world. The corner is a tropical paradise in southern Spain, which you will hopefully visit soon. The farm is located in the Axarquía region (Málaga) on a 12 hectare property right by the Mediterranean Sea. This proximity to the sea makes the temperatures in winter very mild and is one of the only places in Europe where tropical fruits can be cultivated. Our production mainly consists of avocados and mangoes, although we have been importing exotic plants from other tropical plantations such as papayas, pitayas, lychees, guavas or passion fruits since 2010. Asparagus, cork oaks, almond trees and native wild olive trees grow here naturally. We are also surrounded by some farms for grazing and agricultural purposes. The entire Axarquia area changes the color of its landscape with the tropical climate. Undoubtedly, the growth of the tropical market in Europe has driven an area that lived from tourism. There are large cooperatives that, thanks to these plants, create jobs and revitalize an area that has historically lived from tourism. Our Rinconcillo farm is a family business originally founded in the 80s. It was run by my father Antonio until 10 years ago, but health problems forced him to hand the company over to me and my brother Pablo. We get the water from our own collecting well and store rainwater. We also channeled drains to fill the wells and reservoirs. We have a pool with 15 million liters of water and another with 200,000 liters. We have three wells that constantly fill the pools. One of these reservoirs is in the highest part of the farm where we collect water. When casting we use a RAM pump (hydraulic ram) that does not consume any electricity. An adult tree uses about 32.5 m3 of water per year. For irrigation we use drippers that make the water supply more efficient. We use 4 drippers at 8 liters per tree. We check the irrigation drippers weekly to avoid water leaks and use tensiometers to determine the water needs of each area. We do not use any weed treatment. We plow with the tractor to remove the root herbs which we then use as a natural fertilizer. We do not use any synthetic pesticides that could harm the biodiversity. In addition, we always try to preserve the vegetation on our embankments and regularly remove the waste between the plantations. Our team consists currently of 7 people. The foreman has been working with us for more than 20 years and we have a team that works in the respective seasons (depending on the need for harvesting, pruning, maintaining the nutrient medium) and have been with us for more than 10 years now. Our agricultural workers receive a higher salary than the agreement + collection bonuses. We also try to improve the work situation through flexible working hours. The remainder of the harvest is used to make jams (for mangoes or papayas) or guacamole (avocados). To determine the quality of the fruit we want to send, we have various tools such as a calibrator and a refractometer for the sugar content. Tree by tree we choose the best pieces. We also carry out an annual analysis of leaf, fruit and soil residue samples in a specialized laboratory to define the management of the year. The trunks and branches are chopped up and thrown together with the leaves in the paths between the crops to create a mulch. This improves water retention and the increase in organic matter in the soil. We know that a seasonal tropical fruit harvested from a tree of our farm has different properties than others: taste, texture, geographical location... it does not ripen in cold rooms, but naturally on our farm.