Happy World Olive Tree Day!
Happy World Olive Tree Day to everyone from Crete! Hello everyone! Long time no see, but today is World Olive Tree Day—a perfect moment...
SAFIkala Online Shop now launched!
I am very happy to announce the launch today of my online shop! I will only be selling my Early Harvest, Unfiltered Extra Virgin Olive...
New: you can now write reviews on my website!
I have now integrated a page onto my website where you can add your testimonials. I have also compiled the reviews and comments that I...
Clearing my olive groves of the weeds
We have had a lot of rain in Crete this winter, and the vegetation has grown very quickly everywhere, which is fantastic for us farmers,...
Winter work: pruning the trees
After the harvest, I leave my trees to rest for a while, and in the middle of the winter, I start to prune them. I use a...
SAFIkala Archangel Michael's Early Harvest Unfiltered Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Every year, I produce a limited quantity of early-harvest, unfiltered extra virgin olive oil from one of my olive groves. Fresh from the...
Naming and mapping my olive groves
Today, I have no fewer than 14 olive groves, scattered around my village, Kamilari. Some are closer to the Libyan Sea; others, to the...
New Distributor in France!
I am very happy to add the gourmet delicatessen store Agrology to my list of distributors in France. Nathalie and Olivier are the owners...
The 2017 Olive Harvest
This year, for the first time, I had a team of friends and family members helping me with the olive harvest for one day so we made it a...
Feeding my olive trees with natural manure
I usually start collecting the manure from my farm animals every year at the beginning of September, to place it in my olive groves. I...