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Geoff Crawford
Artisan Cheese Tasting in Hawke's Bay with Juliet Harbutt

Artisan Cheese Tasting in Hawke's Bay with Juliet Harbutt

This was fun, and what an amazing 'resource' we have here in Hawke's Bay with Juliet Harbutt a world renowned Master of Cheese! My key 'take home' point was that, actually, i do like goats cheese.  A good one doesn't taste 'goaty'.  This resonated with me, because, we have the same feedback on olives!  too many 'bad tasting' olives out there puts people off the whole category!   I highly recommend taking part in one of these evenings, and would be suprised if you didn't back it up with a second evening! We got to taste 12 cheeses with 3...

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Geoff Crawford
Less is More Olives

Less is More Olives

My favourite olive tree. It always produces the biggest olives and a lot of them. The heavy pruning earlier in the season has exaggerated this, it is looking like the experiment of more pruning = less olives = larger olives is working.  Roll on Harvest.

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Geoff Crawford

Olive Oil Candle

Burning an Olive Oil Candle at Telegraph Hill...

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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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