Olives need to grow to full size before harvesting. An olive tree is more than a food plant. The silvery-gray leaves shimmer in the breeze, making this Mediterranean crop beautiful too. If you’re not ...

From varieties that produce your favorite salad bar snack to those that can handle a bit of neglect, these types of olive ...

Across parts of southern Europe and the Mediterranean, olive trees are taking on new meaning. Once seen simply as crops, they’re now viewed as symbols of survival. These ancient trees are some of the ...

The city of Goleta celebrated Arbor Week with the planting of seven trees at Rancho La Patera and Stow House near Lake Los Carneros. Public Works maintenance workers Jesse Sanchez, left, and Cesar ...

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” St. Basil I don’t think that the “good ...

Umm Shukry inspects her olive trees one by one, just as she did every year for a decade. But this olive harvest season is different. Nearly all her trees are damaged; their branches bare and brittle.

The slow growth of olive trees forces us to look to the future and consider what kind of world we are leaving our descendants. Pope Benedict XVI plants an olive tree with Israeli President Shimon ...

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