For a few weeks in late spring the olive gambles everything on flowering — a brief, weather-sensitive event that quietly decides whether autumn brings a crop or almost nothing.
Read the story →How big do olive trees get? Usually 20 to 30 feet in the ground and 4 to 10 in a pot. Size by variety,…
October 31, 2026A cold hardy olive tree still has limits. How cold olives can really go, which varieties hold up best, what zones work and how to protect one.
October 28, 2026Are olive trees toxic to cats or dogs? The tree is not a known pet poison, but pits, fallen fruit, garden chemicals and pollen can be. What to watch for.
October 25, 2026Straight off the tree, an olive is inedible — bitter enough to make you wince. Curing is how we fix that, and you can do it at home…
Kalamata are ripened and brine-cured. Tinned black olives are picked green and oxidised. Why one tastes of wine and the other of almost nothing.
An olive that is delicious from the jar can wreck a dish, because heat does three things to it: it drives out salt, it softens the flesh, and…
In a village in Crete stands an olive tree up to 4,000 years old — still making olives. A timeline of everything it has outlived, and the one…
For every litre of olive oil, a mill produces litres of dark, acidic wastewater that can poison soil and streams.…
Long before it was a food, the olive was a medicine chest — and its bitter leaf is now a…
For years California's olive oil output has climbed, and boosters love to say it will overtake France. The growth is…
A forgiving Provençal-style tart: sweet slow-cooked onions, salty olives and tangy goat's cheese on crisp puff pastry. Cheap, quick to…
Corning, en Californie, se surnomme « Olive City » à juste titre — et son festival de l’olive, de longue date, montre…
Olive oil rewards tasting every bit as much as wine — origin, variety and craft all show up on the…
Its beauty, its origins, its history: the varieties, the fields, the pictures.
“What does lavender have to do with olives? Well, I’m glad you asked. I just love both, and to me they’re the perfect match.”
