Tag Archives: agriculture
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Olives Trees ‘Off Season’
8Thursday 10 September, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Olive trees tend to produce a crop every two years, more or less. Some trees are a bit weird, producing …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Achievement (III)
5Sunday 16 November, 2014 by Uncle Spike
This week’s third entry from me for the Weekly Photo Challenge is from the time that my wife and I designed and built …
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DIY Greenhouse: Spikey Style
23Thursday 05 December, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Like most things in life, I find if you scratch your head and think about something long enough, you can …
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Rain Rejuvenates : Veggies
4Thursday 28 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the post: Rain Rejuvenates The Garden, I had a query about the rest of the farm… So …
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Rain Rejuvenates : Orchard
1Tuesday 26 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Following on from the post: Rain Rejuvenates The Garden, I had a query about the rest of the farm… As …
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Rain Rejuvenates The Garden
13Sunday 24 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
We love the extremes of weather here in south-west Turkey. Whilst we don’t go in for the cold stuff of …
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Winter Fruit Picking…
18Thursday 21 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Winter citrus fruit harvest time is here again. Last year was a disaster, with 99% of the crop unsold, so …
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Seasons A Little Confused
6Tuesday 05 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
So it’s early November. Even for southern Turkey, this is well into autumn, and whilst we are used to seeing …
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Pommie Processing
17Sunday 03 November, 2013 by Uncle Spike
After more than 2 months of visitors (literally one set after another, sometimes 3 lots at once), we finally had …
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Pomegranate Time :)
17Thursday 31 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
Today was my ‘pommies’ picking day. On the farm I only have just 3 established Pomegranate trees or bushes I guess …
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Almost Olive Time…!
17Monday 14 October, 2013 by Uncle Spike
From the back end of October till the end of December, much of my time is spent picking olives, sorting …
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