El Seco owes its name to an ancient pine tree.
This house, the wide hill on which it stands and many other elements of the place, such as various fountains, the path and the threshing floor, take their name from the Pino Seco, an ancient Canary Island pine tree.
The area was mainly devoted to goat herding. Its owner, the landowner Arístides Guimerá, owned two large herds, one in this summit area and the other on the coast. The plants in the Seco were very different and this was reflected in the production of less fatty milk and cheese, with a different flavour and composition to those on the coast.
There is still a herd of goats grazing on the El Seco estate. Their cheeses are made in Chimiche and sometimes the milk is sold to the Benijos cheese factory or to other cheese factories in Gran Canaria.