We are in our tenth year of running our olive grove, 145 Taggiasca olive trees, in Liguria. During this period, we have not harvested only on one occasion – last year. Data feature in a specific chart, complete with every detail on cultivation operations and the production costs of Riviera Ligure DOP extra virgin olive […]
2021-2022: the Ligurian Riviera olive grove takes a rest
Since 2013, the Consorzio di Tutela Olio Extravergine DOP Riviera Ligure has also become a de facto olive grower. The Oliveto of the Riviera Ligure stands in the area of Lucinasco, the centre of a district with uninterrupted olive-growing terraces. This is where we carry out traditional management techniques as well as innovative activities such […]
The 2020-2021 in the “Oliveto della Riviera Ligure”
February: olive harvesting is well under way in western Liguria, this being the case of the PDO Riviera Ligure Extra Virgin Olive Oil Protection Consortium, too. For eight seasons in a row, the Consortium has been managing its own olive grove, monitoring farming methods and costs. Among the goals of this activity, to maintain quantities […]
Spring – Summer 2021 in the olive grove of the Riviera Ligure
This Spring the national health emergency limited farming action, as wild animals undoubtedly made a remarkable comeback In the olive grove of the Riviera Ligure, however, work was carried out in good time. The first useful action was early fertilisation, carried out with a complex of soil improvers in with the important action of nitrogen […]
2019-2020, a success for the Oliveto della Riviera Ligure
“Pettinarli ogni anno” (comb them each year). This old local saying refers to the importance of careful grooming of olive trees to enhance yields. This is what we do in our “Oliveto della Riviera Ligure”(Olive Grove of the Riviera Ligure): 136 healthy plants, 7 years of commitment and testing, 7 years of rather constant harvesting, […]
Spring 2019 in the Riviera Ligure olive grove
After a season of hard work, spring is the time of ritual yearly farming operations. Special care is dedicated to interventions which can help prevent the biennial “high yield/low yield” dichotomy – manuring and pruning once more prove essential for the purpose at hand. Manuring took place in mid-March: humid soil, professional organic-mineral manure, highly […]
2018-2019 report: the Riviera Ligure olive grove
3-day harvesting took place in November. Rain represented a common thread throughout 2018, both in spring and in early autumn. Spring showers did not affect the fruit setting stage, on the contrary they nourished plants. As a consequence, harvesting provided positive (if not excellent) numbers. Even though oil yield was not exceptional – a feature […]
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