On a wide, level field, the route between a tree and a vehicle can be easy to ignore. On a narrow terrace, it becomes part of the harvest. Equipment has to arrive, people need secure footing and the olives…
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If the first thing someone sees is a bottle, it is reasonable to assume the business is mainly about oil. For me, the bottle belongs to a wider question. How can a rural landscape support useful activity…
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A day outdoors is not automatically a luxury experience. It can be hot, awkward and physically tiring. That is precisely why I am interested in the idea. When so much of daily work happens through screens…
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An abandoned farmhouse can make a rural landscape look as if nobody has ever belonged there. Look more closely and the opposite becomes visible. A retaining wall holds a strip of soil. An old route connects…
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An olive grove can be described in hectares, and sometimes that is exactly the information needed. It can also be understood tree by tree. The second view changes the scale of attention. A damaged branch,…
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The calendar can tell us when a harvest team is available. It cannot tell us exactly what the olives will be like that morning. Fruit on one terrace may be further advanced than fruit on another, and a…
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An olive tree does not become productive more quickly because a business needs cash flow. A terrace does not repair itself between two invoices. Restoration has its own sequence, and much of the cost…
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When people picture animals in regenerative agriculture, sport horses are not usually the first image that comes to mind. At Mas de Costa, they are part of the idea from the beginning. The question is not…
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The first important signs of an olive harvest are easy to overlook. They are small, pale and briefly visible among the leaves. Olive blossom does not attract the same attention as a tree full of fruit, yet…
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