That Was Really a Cold Snap
I was very pleased to get our olive harvest in and pressed when I did because this last cold snap just beggar’s belief. This morning the cat’s water that we leave outside was frozen...
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The Olive Harvest, – Ours Anyway
Last year we harvested the olives pretty early, the first couple of weeks in November and the oil was great, if a little peppery. This year we waited a little until the day after...
The Signs of the Dam
Just to give you all some more information and in respect to a couple of requests I will put up two pictures of the signs by this new and huge dam. Then I will...
Crete, a Dam, and Life
Ti na karnoume – what can we do? Life goes on. This week has been a quiet week in the village. Last Friday we had the quiz at a taverna interestingly called A Popsi....
Slipping Into The Olive Harvesting Mindset
At this time of year, the second half of November, all who own olive orchards start to think of the harvest to come and the olives to be pressed into beautiful oil. We have...
Raindrops and Roses
Well, the rains have now come to northern Crete certainly. Although there were some hailstones falling in Iraklion, here in northwest Crete we have had just the gentle rains that always come every autumn....
The Olive Tree
I bought a field in Kriti where grew an olive tree,I watered it and pruned it with assiduity,Until I found I owned the groundBut did not own the tree. So I bought the tree,...