Olivery News — olives

Geoff Crawford

Olive Oil Candle

Burning an Olive Oil Candle at Telegraph Hill...

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Geoff Crawford

Telegraph Hill Olive Tree Pruning

Read Geoff's theory on this years pruning....

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November in the Olive Grove

November in the Olive Grove

See how to spot a set flower on an Olive tree, and the mechanics of flowering.

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Geoff Crawford
Award Winning Olives

Award Winning Olives

Telegraph Hill wins Champion Olives! New Zealand's table olive competition 2017 is run in Auckland.  An interesting yet irrelevant aside, somehow they are the "Royal Easter Show", yet the competition is run in September. So the results from this years Royal Easter Show Olive competition Telegraph Hill Olives are the best olives in New Zealand!  Champion (The highest score in category) Champion Table Olives - Kalamata Olives Champion Flavoured Table Olives - Burnt Orange & Fennel Olives  And the medals went as follows: Gold Award Flavoured Table Olives - Burnt Orange & Fennel Olives  Silver Award Classic Table Olives - Traditional Olives Silver Award...

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