olive

Over 40 trees, wowza! Check out this video on why Mark cut them, how he chose the cuts and much more. It includes some dramatic drone footage for the best biewing experience. Handy tip! Want to talk to Mark directly? Did you know that there is another way, outside the forum? Support Mark on...

The olive lace bug is an annoying pest that attacks olive trees in Australia sucking the life out of the leaves and in turn weakening the tree. Signs of the bug infestation are light spots on the leaf from the bug feeding and visible animals under the leaf often with nymphs (offspring) which...

Here's a video about how to cure olives quickly with lye (sodium hydroxide) which is a very dangerous substance to work with let alone use in food. However, the guy in the video does a good job explaining how to cure olives using the lye method and even though his reasons for curing olives this...

Here's an article on how I cured Arbequina olives in just 5 weeks. I really thought it would take longer to cure them even though they are a small olive but I'm happy with the results! https://www.selfsufficientme.com/fruit-vegetables/olive-arbequina-olea-europaea-harvest-pickling-in-large-jar