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How to Prepare Olives For Preserving | Checking | Home Grown | Preserving Adventures

So some of you may be not sure what to do after the olives has been soaking for 7-8 days.

So I thought I’ll do a post of how to change the brine solution. and what to do if there is mould.

Scroll down or “click to continue” to see more of the process:)

Enjoy
Grace-yi

This is what my olives looked like after 8 days of neglect. There was some mould but it’s easy to just scoop them out.

Note: If you really don’t want any mould, then you can use more olive oil on the top to make a seal.

Soo I showed a friend of mine the post from June last year and I told her that my cabbage has now grown 5 heads!!

Thought best I give an updated post re its progress it’s doing REALLY WELL!

Enjoy
Grace-yi

Guess what we were given today!!?

Mom and Dad gave us a bucket full of olives from their tree to preserve.

First thing I did was to sort them out into 3 categories

Greens, Mixed [Green and Black] and Black.

I had to painstakingly cut 4 slits in the olives. They were too beautiful to bash like my 1st batch.

I decided to do the green ones 1st as they need a longer time in the brine.

Click “Continue reading →” or scroll down to see the steps.

Enjoy,
Grace-yi

I’m so excited to share with you my 1st ever gardening video series on how to make your very own wicking hanging basket!!

Enjoy,
Grace-yi

Palmyra,

Would love to pick your brains please.

Got a bay tree from mum for Christmas as I have made many attempts to propagate hers and had no success=p

Description says to put it in a hole 2 times the diameter for the current pot.

This is the pot I plant to use.

The interior diameter of the pot the bay is in is about 300 mm.. the pot I want to put it in is only 380 mm [Length] x 375 mm [Width]

So.. Would that suffice? Or do I need to hunt for another pot?

Also re the depth of the soil required.. currently it seems like the soil height/depth is 270 mm.

I am planning to give it 290 mm deep for the soil level. Would that suffice?

Thank you so much!
Grace-yi