Olive trees are resilient, don’t mind the drought or rocky soils, and can provide a bounty of olives for the table and or the press. But there is a fly in the olive oil that threatens the crop. Contra ...

In the ongoing pursuit of new cash crops for Hawaii, some farmers are planting Mediterranean olive trees as a possibility. Several farms on Maui have planted hundreds of plants with the first full ...

Olive trees, to me, are an intrinsic part of the character, look and feel of the undulating landscape of the Mediterranean. Alongside grapevines, they’re everywhere in Italy, Spain, France, and ...

Bring the Mediterranean to your garden. Olive trees are native to the Mediterranean basin—Northern Africa, Western Asia, and Southeastern Europe—and have been beautifying gardens since antiquity. In ...

Olives need to grow to full size before harvesting. Tend this Mediterranean staple at home, even in cold temperatures. You can start growing olive trees in pots any time and pruning olive trees in ...

When my Palm Springs neighbor remodeled his front entry, he moved a mature olive tree to a better spot just ten feet away. I thought he was nuts doing it midsummer, but this experience proved to be ...

I received a query from the folks behind Miralon, a trendy proposed development in south Palm Springs. I took one look and had deja vu from 2017 and went back to check my records. Yes, this project ...