From Tree & Hive
The Olive Harvest: Press & Pour
We harvest our olives in November, when the fruit is turning from green
to violet. We place nets on the ground and knock the fruit off the tree
using small hand rakes or vibration machines.
The fallen olives are gathered together and we take them to the mill.
The olives are washed and crushed, forming a paste. This is malloxed and
then centrifuged, separating the oil from the water. We filter our oil,
which does not change the taste and that is it! This goes into the
bottles or aluminum containers for your culinary pleasure.
Olive Oil selection
Pure & Raw: How We Make Honey
The bee hives
We have 10 bee hives, nestled between the olive groves and a lavender field. The bees travel up to 3 km in search of pollen and nectar, but most of them stay in the lavender. Walking through the field, you can hear the bees buzz!
Extracting the honey
We extract the honey in August, when the uppers of the hives are full.
Keep in mind that the lower part of the hive is also full of honey, but we leave that for the bees to eat!
We carefully take out the frames, which are heavy with honey. Back at
the house, we scape off the layer of wax and use a centrifuge to extract
the honey.
The thick honey flows out into 20 litre buckets which sit covered for 8 days before we transfer the honey into glass jars.
Our Honey Selection
