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Curly Creek Ranch raises world class Arabian/AQHA crosses sourced from the top bloodlines in the US and Spain. Curly Creek Ranch cria caballos cruzados PRÁ

Curly Creek Ranch began as a young girl who dreamt of having a horse ranch of her own. Having been raised with world class Arabian horses thanks to Soltau Kings Crest of Alamo, California, it has been a 20 year journey for that girl to find the perfect place to raise Arabians with color, crossbred with AQHA for strength, character and palomino genes. Located between Pamplona and San Sebastian in t

he greater Spanish Basque region amongst the foothills of the Pyranees, Curly Creek Ranch brings together a deep love and respect for horses with a vision for a more sustainable future. Not only home to Khemosabi and Eclipse bloodlines, but also a bioconstruction off-grid farm house, permaculture methods and an organic garden. Curly Creek Ranch is open to the public, on appointment, to enjoy our way of life that blends our love for animals and the environment with a deep commitment to sustainability and living gently.

23/12/2025

Another year of blessings, surrounded by love for each other, our land, animals and chosen family. Thank you for being part of it! We're looking forward to sharing more adventures with you next year!

21/12/2025

This little man is just a few weeks away from his first birthday, and he is huge! He's taller than both Xena and Khora, not quite as chunky in the rear as Khora but more so than Xena, so probably at least 60kg. And still growing, of course, and still energetic excited puppy, of course. So strong! But his deep voice is doing the job, now down in the horse pasture with Xena for the winter, where he alerts Khora up above with the layers of what's going on.

13/12/2025

It's been a super busy month since Thanksgiving, but hopefully with Christmas coming see can take a bit of a rest and share more of what's been going on. In the meantime, here's a quick peak of the last few weeks!

23/11/2025

It's that time of year again... homegrown Thanksgiving! When we bring our homegrown turkey, pumpkin and the rest to the table to celebrate the abundance the year has brought us. Deep relationships with our friends and the land, giving thanks for the blessings we received this year.

We had quite the snow storm Thursday and Friday which made logistics tricky but where there's a will, there's a way!

"Real" Thanksgiving in the US is next Thursday but no one would come in the middle of the week, hahah.

21/11/2025

It's the first snow of the year and it's a doozy! More than 40cm since it began sticking yesterday evening and it's meant to keep going for a few more hours.

The dogs are having a blast, though!

It's a really wet snow and the horses were shivering yesterday afternoon so we've brought them in. We'll see about taking them out to play a bit later on, too.

When we first moved here 11 years ago, we used to get a lot of snow, upwards of 40 days per year, but the last few years have seen little or nothing. So this big snowfall is well overdue.

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20/11/2025

We had a sweet little harvest of these sweet little acorn squash this year. They're tasty roasted and pan fried so can't wait to tuck into them this winter!

They get harvested later than other varieties, even though their colours are bright and looked ready a couple of months ago, because they need cold temperatures for boost the sugar content. Winter is definitely around the corner (snow expected tonight!) so they should be ready!

31/10/2025

Although we're well into autumn, some of the summer crops like sweetcorn, beans and aubergines have held on, still producing past their typical season. Aubergine in November? Sure, why not?! The brassicas are coming on nicely as well that will sustain us and our clients for the winter months.

What do you have growing?

23/10/2025

Though not as "exciting" as summer with tomatoes and cucumbers, the gardens in autumn are full of abundance, diversity and colour. A potential new restaurant client came to visit us the other day and I put together this little taster box with a bit of everything for her to try (including nasturtiums for her nasturtium butter!). It was so beautiful, I just had to share it with you all.

17/10/2025

After 10 years of dreaming about a sand arena for our horses, we finally have one! But it's not sand, it's eggshells! What is waste for an industrial processor an hour away is a great footing for our arena, and being so aligned with our no-waste philosophy at the ranch, we couldn't be happier. And the shells will be integrated into our compost, giving that extra boost of slow release calcium to our gardens.

We built it in our "sacrifice" area that we could use during certain times of the year so the horses could give our pastures the recovery time they need while reducing the time they were inside in their stalls. But it became a mud pit so its use was limited.

Now they can be outside all year, except during extreme heat, cold or rain, blending their needs with those of the pastures and the people who care for them.

Thank you to our new friend Sandra near Puente de la Reina who uses the same material in her arena too, such a great idea!

12/10/2025

I'm just blown away by the nasturtiums in the gardens this year, they're huge and still going! Must be all that good soil working its magic. We've even been incorporating the yummy leaves in salads because there's so much of it. Abundance total.

19/09/2025

It's canning season! Tomatoes, peppers, chilis, tomato sauce, hot salsa, you name it! This is a lot of what will support us through the winter with the abundant harvest we have this fall, since our freezers are full and these are shelf stable for well over a year.

If you've never canned before, give it a try (but with someone with experience or following official guidelines you can find online! No need to die from botulism because you can't eat all of your tomatoes fast enough).

We do well over 500 jars in all per session, depending on the harvest, so we're well on our way (and this wasn't the first batch either, just the largest).

What's your favourite thing to can?

13/09/2025

Ya está aquí! Los días están más cortos, las temperaturas más bajas, pues ya está acercando Halloween!

Por el cuarto año, nos alegramos mucho de abrir el rancho para un día muy especial en familia, en la naturaleza, donde poder crear las linternas de calabaza 🎃 Cómo siempre, después hay oportunidad de visitar a los animales y por supuesto hay txokolatada!

Aunque hemos intentado doblar la producción de calabazas otra vez, han salido aún menos este año por lo cual sólo hay 60 calabazas disponibles. Por eso sólo hay cuatro sesiones para 15 niñ@s cada sesión. Se puede elegir entre:

🎃 18 de octubre @ las 11h
👻 18 de octubre @ las 16h
🧹 19 de octubre @ las 11h
⏳ 19 de octubre @ las 16h

Pues ya es el momento de organizar los grupos de amiguetes, padres y familia para asegurar la sesión que quieres antes de que se agoten!

Otra vez utilizamos Eventbrite para gestionar las entradas y no hay otra manera de conseguirlas, pues cogelas aquí:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/entradas-halloween-taller-infantil-1695462436789

Nos vemos en un mes!

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