A trough from a single log · La Orotava

The carved wooden trough

A trough carved from a single hollowed-out log, resting against the stone wall with a couple of clay jars beside it.

Carved wooden trough, hollowed from a single log, resting against a stone wall beside clay water jars

One of the humblest features on the estate, and one of the loveliest to look at.

The story

The carved wooden trough was made by hollowing out a whole log with an adze, with no joints or planks. It served as a feeding and watering trough for the animals, pigs and goats, and, when needed, for kneading or for the tasks of the pig slaughter.

Each one was different, shaped by the tree it came from. This one rests against the wall, like a tool left where it has always been.

Did you know

Being carved from a single piece, a carved wooden trough could last generations: it had no joints to open and no planks to come loose.

The other features of the park

Seven pieces of Canary Island craft, inside the garden.

Beam press of the wine press under a tiled roof, with barrels and a wooden screw

The century-old wine press

The traditional wine press still keeps its century-old vault of sandstone brick, the wooden barrels and the bottles stacked in an arch. Outside, the old beam press rests beneath its roof.

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Traditional hay barn of dry volcanic stone with a green door and a thatched roof

The hay barn

Built of dry volcanic stone, with its green door and a thatched roof. The Cabildo of Tenerife has it listed as an ethnographic heritage site.

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The threshing floor

A ring of open lawn between walls of volcanic stone and Canary Island pines. On this ground the harvest grain was once threshed.

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Stone washing troughs with basins, spouts and metal tubs, beside a clay water jar

The stone washing troughs

The original basins still standing, with their spouts over the stone. Here the laundry was washed by hand before water reached the houses.

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Manual cast-iron water pump on a stump, beside clay water jars, in sepia tones

The hand water pump

A cast-iron lever pump, mounted over the old well and surrounded by clay water jars.

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Colourful petanque boules on the earth court among Canary Island pines, with a birdhouse in the background

The petanque court

A court carved out among Canary Island pines, with firm earth underfoot and shade that settles in by the late afternoon.

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Wander the park during your stay.

The the carved wooden trough and the other features are yours to explore freely when you stay in one of the houses on the estate, in La Orotava.

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