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Our home is more than a "spectacular mountain hideaway". It is also an olive farm.

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There are about 200 trees on the property. Keeping them trimmed provides both good exercise, and free firewood.

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In the fall, the first olives are green, and as they ripen, they turn black.

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On a sunny day, you can invite your friends to help you pick the olives.

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After harvesting your olive crop, your friends can enjoy lunch on your terrace.

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The earliest olive-pressing machinery is preserved for history in private homes.

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At the local tafona, you can have your olives pressed by a vintage, hydraulic press.

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Enjoy the taste of oil pressed from your own olives, grown on your own olive farm.

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Here's something else you can do with your olives -- make tapénade. For the recipe, click here.

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Bon provecho! Enjoy the Tapénade — and the view!