Ripening: olives show their true colours
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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La raccolta: the olive harvest in Tuscany
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) […]
Olives are not the only fruit: fig trees in the olive grove
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 […]
Notes from a Tuscan Olive Grove 