Original article from the archive, published on 3 Oct 2009. We preserve the author's story; References to services, prices and activities are historical.
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One of the actions that we cannot forget and that are fundamental for growing calçots is earthing up, or calçar in Catalan. This is where the name comes from: “calçot”.
Well, the first task we must do is to remove weeds from the soil and from the area where we will gather earth. If we bury weeds while earthing up, they will grow back vigorously and compete with the developing calçots.
In a few days we'll show you how to earth them up. 😉 Now we are pulling out the weeds.