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Olives at different stages of ripeness, Tuscany, Italy

Ripening: olives show their true colours

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We are sometimes asked whether we grow green or black olives, as if the colours represented two different varieties rather the maturity of the fruit: every olive will turn from […]

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Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Autumn/Fall

La raccolta: the olive harvest in Tuscany

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We have been harvesting in our olive grove for three weeks now, although frequent rain has slowed our progress. The harvest, or raccolta, is a decidedly social affair. Ulivetti (olive groves) […]

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making olive oil, Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Autumn/Fall
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Back in the grove: time for the olive harvest

November 3, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 31 Comments

After a long hot summer (and an equally long and inexcusable break from blogging) when there was little to do in the grove other than watch the olives grow, it’s […]

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The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Autumn/Fall
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Olives are not the only fruit: fig trees in the olive grove

July 30, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 41 Comments

The hills of Montalbano, known as le colline di Leonardo (Leonardo’s hills), are prime olive-growing territory. From the top of the hill where we have our olive grove, a endless […]

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Foraging in Tuscany, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Summer
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Olive farming in summer: the waiting game

July 25, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 15 Comments

Summer is a quiet period for olive farmers, particularly the organic sort. The trees have been pruned and the grass mown, the fruit has set, so since we are not […]

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Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Summer
Nepitella wild mint

Foraging for Mushroom Grass – Nepitella (wild calamint)

July 10, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 26 Comments

Now that the olive blossom has faded, the dominant scent in the olive grove is once again a strong, minty fragrance. Tracing the scent back to its source, I stumbled […]

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Foraging in Tuscany, The Olive Grove

Mowing the olive grove

July 2, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 15 Comments

Although I loved the long-grassed meadow look that our olive grove sported in spring, there are solid reasons for mowing the grass which are impossible to argue with. The tall […]

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Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Summer
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Meet our olive trees: twisted trunks

June 6, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 31 Comments

Split and scarred by winter cold, dried and hollowed out by the sun, and twisted by the wind, the trunks of our olive trees reveal their histories. While olive saplings grow […]

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Olive Trees, The Olive Grove
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May wildflowers in the olive grove

May 30, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 29 Comments

All the wet weather we’ve been having has turned the olive grove into a jungle. With wildflowers growing waist-high, mowing (which we’ve just started) is an epic task, so there’s […]

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The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Spring

Fifty shades of green: changing olive trees

May 28, 2013by Tuscan olive grove girl 22 Comments

One of the (many) reasons that I love olive trees is their evergreen nature. In winter, when the neighbouring grapevines are reduced to knobbly stumps, and the naked chestnut trees […]

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Olive Trees, The Olive Grove, The Olive Grove in Spring

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