Provence Tayl's

With help from friends Steve & Connie and Martin we completed our Olive 'Harvest ' today. We have about 8 large trees on our land plus a further 20 that we have moved so next year will have a huge number once they are re planted.


We took the Olives once picked to the mill in the village.



Some people literally have hundreds of Kilos.


The Olives are then weighed. We had a whopping 48 Kilos which we were really proud of! That means we will get about 10 litres of Olive Oil for next to nothing at the end of December (it normally costs 43€ for 3 litres, expensive but superb quality and award winning)

The Olives are then put into be crushed by the mill wheel.


After this the paste is then spread onto these corrugated plates which are then put on top of each other and pressed.


The press with the oil dripping through on its way to the storage tanks before bottling.



The Storage tanks




Us with some of our harvest!



And the receipt from the Mill confirming our catch!