One day in Hania...

The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece. The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.

Wednesday 30 April 2008

ABC Wednesday: Orange groves and olive fields

It's ABC WEDNESDAY today, and O is for orange, and it's also for olive.

The orange trees in this field are our very own! We have 500 orange trees spread across half a dozen fields in Fournes, Hania, Crete. The olive trees in the distance (with the black nets below them covering the ground) aren't in our field (but we have been known to make good use of them every now and then). The artichoke plant is in front of the cement fence we recently built to section off our property from a country path running through it.

4 comments:

Anonymous30 April 2008 at 14:50
I am so glad you got the new camera. I hope you like it as much as I like mine. When it warms up maybe we can have a shoot out!
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Gerald (SK14)30 April 2008 at 20:17
I remember the orange and olive groves around Maleme. I understand they crop twice a year in Crete.
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Maria Verivaki30 April 2008 at 20:23
Hi there, thanks for dropping by.

Oranges and olives don't actually crop twice a year - only once. you might be referring to some other varieties, but the VALENCIA oranges crop in May-June, while OLIVES crop once, and the fruit is picked throughout the winter.
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Gerald (SK14)30 April 2008 at 20:54
We were probably misled - after all us guillable tourists will believe anything!

It is good to be corrected.
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