The Annual Fall Olive-Harvest

Here at Bavejdon Vineyards & Orchards the olives are getting large, ready to be cured into delicious table olives. We usually start processing them in October when they are fully grown, yet still bright green, using a hand-curing process that takes about 2 weeks. This results in glistening, green, buttery olives, ready for Holiday relish trays. Curing…

The 38th Parallel

Recently I was reading an article about how horizontal parallels around the globe had similar climates and weather patterns. Intrigued, I investigated further. Tracing the 38th parallel from our Antelope Valley, California property, showed that the parallel crossed Calabria (Italy), Ibiza (Spain) and Izmir (Turkey)! All hot and arid locations, very much like the climate…