Re: : Carl & Help--address; Don where did you go? Olive trees-Italy

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I'm sorry. The DW and I went on an excursion, for business purposes

mainly, to Croatia. We drove all the way down the coast. Long ride in a

very small car. We visited helichrysum distillers, juniper berry

distillers (all these for essential oils). We visited a juniper

berry/helichrysum/sage distiller in Monte Negro (ÄŒrna Gora) and visited

a small distiller of helichrysum/juniper berry distiller in

Hercegovinia. We also visited a helichrysum distiller in Croatia

(Hrvatska) who we buy and sell lots of helichrysum oil from. Very nice

trip, wonderful people, beautiful countryside, wonderfully packed

beaches (holiday season over here) and exceptional weather. Lots of sun

and temps right around high 90's to low 100's. Just grand.

All in all it was like driving from one end of California to the other

and back with a ton of side excursions thrown in.

Don

carolG wrote:

> My brother in law in Sicily, Italy has olive trees to the boat load. I

> have not been there, but my husband has been to visit him. He has been

> back to visit us about 2 years ago. My closets still stink from his

> presence. Super hard to get that odor out but surely fading more. Yes,

> tried washing the walls too, but not painting however. Sure " no

> invite " back to this house ever again and surely not a place to sleep

> but the outside on the soft grass.

> Don, you described the wonderful trip, but can't recall where you went.

> Carolg, a Mile High in CO...where the sun is super strong and tons of

> sunny days...great weather and all the CA people found that out and

> drove up our housing prices way to much to make them affordable for

> many....

> */Don Eitner <mysticalherbalist@...>/* wrote:

>

> Hi,

>

> I am back. Whew, what a trip. Sheesh!!! Very nice area though and

> very

> nice people for the most part. I had all the raw juicy figs I wanted,

> watermelon, grapes, plums, peaches. Yummy. Bet I ate close to 10

> pounds

> of figs by myself. Really glad to be home though. My cat missed me. I

> missed my bed and my 'puter. Got lots of sun, plenty of Adriatic sea

> swimming. Lots of St. 's Wort growing down there along with

> wormwood, juniper, helichrysum, zillions of olive trees everywhere

> but

> none in season yet, dang!! I would love to get my hands on about 20

> pounds or so of raw olives to cure for my own eating pleasure.

> Zillions

> of fig trees too. Rosemary growing all over the place down there

> as well.

>

> I can get cold pressed, first pressing olive oil down there for

> about 7

> bucks a liter. Very excellent quality too. No it is not stone

> ground but

> it also is not expeller pressed, it is pressed hydraulically, less

> heat

> than expeller.

>

> Don

>

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