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The daily life of former UK press photographer turned olive farmer & vine-grower... #photography #wine #olives #viticulture #OliveOil #almonds
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A day of light rain delivered 13mm, which equates to about a thousand litres of water harvested for the house. Looking forward to seeing more rain over the next 24 hours…
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#olives #photography #weather #oliveoil by @steve_race01

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3 hours ago

I’ve never known a cat be so averse to worming tablets…
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#cats #catsoninstagram #catsofinstagram by @steve_race01

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It’s not been a great year for pomegranates, but the few that we have got are now ripening…
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#pomegranates #fruitjuice #spain by @steve_race01

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2 days ago

It’s mid October and yet it still topped out at 26.8°C today - absolute madness!
They reckon the nuclear power station will be decommissioned in 2030, but then they keep extending its life so I’ll not be holding my breath. More strimming completed…
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#photography #nuclearenergy #spain by @steve_race01

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There’s a few more days of strimming ahead as we move closer towards the olive harvest…
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#olives #oliveoil #olivefarm #oliveharvest by @steve_race01

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4 days ago

Nice day for pottering about on Rex prep’ing for the olive harvest…
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#olives #oliveoil #landini #photography by @steve_race01

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5 days ago

This poor little Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) lost its legs during the hailstones on August 24th, but has carried on keeping vigil over the vines ever since…
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#photography #vineyard #wildlife #wine by @steve_race01

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6 days ago

Doing bentonite adds to a rosé and a couple of whites to protein stabilise them. I hate doing this! Don’t get me wrong, it’s fantastic stuff, but boy does it take forever to dissolve…
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#wine #winemaking #rosé #macabeo #parellada by @steve_race01

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7 days ago

This is one of the seedling olives on the almond terraces that I’m cultivating. I’m glad I persevered with it as it produces some quite nice olives, although it has taken some years of waiting for it to fruit…
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#photography #olives #oliveoil #spain by @steve_race01

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8 days ago

After searching for and taking cuttings from a “non-prickly” Prickly Pear Cactus, I was quite worried when the new leaves sprouted these soft spines. It turns out that as the leaf matures they shrink back into the pad and almost disappear…
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#pricklypear #cactus #photography by @steve_race01

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9 days ago

It’s fair to say that the 2026 almond season has been somewhat disappointing…
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#almonds #almondharvest #spain by @steve_race01

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10 days ago

Drawing off a sample for analysis at the lab in Falset, and some accidentally fell into a glass…
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#Syrah #wine #winemaking by @steve_race01

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11 days ago