In this video I explain how to cure homegrown olives in a jar without any chemicals. We also touch on growing olives in a warm climate (subtropics) and mention a few varieties I grow that are more ...

The olive harvest begins late September and finishes as late as early March. Green olives are picked from late September to about the end of November. Blond olives are collected ...

Green olives in hand, I headed out to the hardware store in search of lye. The traditional brand to use is the classic Red Devil Lye , which is an old brand of drain cleaner.

The “cure” for olives refers to the process of debittering. Commercially, this is accomplished with lye, ... Green ripe olives have a firm texture and fresh herbal flavor, ...

Part of the pleasure of writing a garden column is the opportunities it affords one to talk with informative and generous-spirited people, such as Basil Papahronis, the West Seattle olive grower ...

Curing can be done at all stages of ripeness, from hard green olives to riper black olives. There are as many methods as there are experts.

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I like olives. I like eating olives, drizzling olive oil on top of a green salad and dipping toasted bread in it. I like looking at olive trees, especially the leaves — a silvery, slender ...