In the family that owned this house there was a custom of planting a tree to celebrate each new birth of a male child. When Otero's father was born, an orange tree was planted, perhaps one of the ones you can still see in this garden. Soon after the birth of his only son, Ramón Otero Pedrayo, Enrique Otero was in charge of planting a tree. As we know today, it was a Spanish fir, which Ramón always said was an araucaraia. The writer used to refer to this tree as "mi irmanciño", which sums up well his identification with the earth and with nature. To his irmanciño he dedicated an endearing story entitled "Meu irmao". The text tells the story of the tree and the deep sorrow that the writer felt on 5 February 1972, the day it fell down as a result of a strong storm. Otero's romantic spirit made him see, after the fall, the announcement of his own death. He used part of the wood to decorate the dining room bookcase and kept the rest to make the coffin in which he wanted to be buried.