http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog A Day in the Life of an Olive Oil Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:25:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's here... The latest release (and first of this harvest season) is now available. Beth just returned from a Marin farmer's market and sold nearly every bottle that she had! If you've tried Verde, you know why people are crazy for it. I mean, it's the SOLE reason that I wanted ... http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/102 On the 15th and 16th of November, we completed our Arbequina harvest in Sutter county. These tiny olives pack an awesome and very unique flavor. To make them even better, they're quite easy to harvest! The branches tend to hang down, so you just wrap your fingers around the branch ... http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/99 On Saturday and Sunday, we took a small crew to Sutter county to harvest the tiny and ultra-flavorful Arbequina olives. We pulled more than 1100 pounds of fruit off of the trees while the sun shone brightly. The weather was per-fect and allowed for us to harvest in our t-shirts! ... http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/95 On Saturday, November 8, our harvest season will officially begin. We'll be harvesting Arbequina olives from orchards in Sutter county. These tiny olives are about 3/8" in diameter (tiny) but pack a flavor that is unlike any other. Just awesome. I usually look forward to this time of the year, ... http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/91 After much gnashing of teeth, our latest issue of the Sylverleaf Press is now available. If you're a regular customer, you'll see a copy in the mail or in your e-mail Inbox. If you're not on the list, what are you waiting for?! You can grab a copy from our ... http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/88 Our chicken population is now down to 3. These will be the last of their kind, since we don't plan to let the hens sit any more eggs (If I've learned one thing though, it's that hens are very crafty). The last one to be born was the lovely and ... http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/74 We did it! We are now officially certified organic. Woo-Hoooooo! http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/72 Clink. Clink. Clink. Clink. [caption id="attachment_82" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Fill 'Er Up"][/caption] It's the happy sound of our bottles being cleaned. I'm always happy to hear the sound because it means that our next bottling run is very near. To keep our inventory ready, we are bottling Estate 250s and 500s, more than 40 cases in ... http://www.sylverleaf.com/blog/archives/76