Preparing for the olive harvest on Crete, Greece 2022: Every year, farmers are looking forward to the moment the olive factories open their doors. This is also for us the sign that we can start harvesting the olives. Usually this is by the end of November and we harvest our olives sometime in December. The beginning of November [...]
Last weeks we have been very busy with the harvest of the olives on our olive fields. The olives hanging there look fantastic and are larger than in other years at this time. That is promising for the quality of the oil! The olives need a few more good rain showers and some time to get even bigger before being [...]
Oliveharvest on Crete Greece Like every year, it was time for the oliveharvest on Crete in November. Under a clear blue sky and with summer temperatures, we started harvesting olives on our olive field. In the first instance we bring all necessary equipment such as the harvesting sticks, generator, olive nets to the olive field. [...]
Pressing the olives for olive oil: It is quite a process to work all year round with the olive trees. But the best moment every year is the pressing of the olives. How much olive oil will this year come from that tiny fruit and what is the quality of the olive oil? It is not depending on the way [...]
The olive tree is one of the oldest known cultivated trees in the world. The trees were already growing long before the written language was invented. Where the olive tree originates from is not entirely clear. It is certain that its roots go far back in time. You should currently be in a position to work blackboard fine. [...]
