You can plant an olive pit and grow an olive tree either indoors or outside. Use an olive pit from an organic tree, rather than from a jar of olives you got at the store. Be patient! It can take years ...

DEBITTERING OLIVES is a messy process. In their natural state the fruit of the olive tree are loaded with compounds called phenols that make them unpalatable to people. If an olive is destined to be ...

As gardeners branch out, growing more and more of their own food, their thoughts often turn to those expensive jars of olives and bottles of olive oil, and how it would be great to produce their own.

If you enjoy the savory taste of olives, then you should consider saving the pit so you can grow your very own tree. Native to the Mediterranean region, the evergreen olive tree is a beautiful ...