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Geoff Crawford
Picking Olives...again

Picking Olives...again

This year I had some help from my family. Was it #childlabour or #familybusiness....?  An ice cream reward certainly helped their enthusiasm! We picked two trees, it took 3 hours and we got 58kg the best yield yet from these trees.  These are the two big green olive trees that we grow at the Olivery and use just for certain customers, and at home. These will be delicious! Gotta get this last olive!

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Geoff Crawford
Spain and Japan in Pictures

Spain and Japan in Pictures

Geoff went to Spain (for research) and Japan (for customer visit) in January 2016.   A summary in pictures below. Mr Nagagawa, Ayumi Kudo & Geoff in Mr Nagakawa's shop Olive & Salt, Tokyo. Plenty of beautiful temples in Tokyo Best Green Tea I've ever had with these three #GreenTeaCeremony Ahh Spanish Olive trees - its a man made forest This museum had an old press on display.  A donkey to crush the olives and a Matt press at the back. We need order, humanity, more lego... Not a blade of grass on the ground..... ....and 100,000 trees at Suerte...

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Geoff Crawford

Geoff Crawford

Beautiful Olives

All in a years work...

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