Olivery News

Too salty? How to reduce the salt content of olives at home.

Telegraph hill planted 1100 daffodil bulbs in the Autumn of 2016, with the idea that it would look fantastic to have the daffodils blooming under the rows of Olive trees.  These are now blooming and it does look amazing. Over the next three weeks they will be enjoying the bulbs as they come out. (We are expecting 4,400 flowers, 4 per bulb) “It feels a bit selfish to keep these all to ourselves, so we would like to donate these to the community. We invite the people of Hawkes Bay to pick as many as you like and donate in...

My home cured olives have grown a growth, are they ruined?

Actual vs Plan It worked! this years plan of growing large olives worked!  We pruned to reduce the crop load so the remaining olives grew bigger. We kept a close eye on them and the weather, and when time came for picking, we kept all the large olives to use for our table olives, and the smaller olives all went for oil. We got a ratio of 34 - 60% large olives. Previous years the ratio has been as low as 15%. Now I'll just order a repeat for next year.....