All my life I have dreamed of acquiring a crumbling shabby-chic house overlooking the sea. In my minds eye I have pictured a corner of paradise where friends can gather to swim relax debate eat fresh fruits picked directly from the garden & great steaming plates of food served from an al fresco kitchen & dished up on to a candlelit table the length of a railway sleeper..." When Carol Drinkwater & her partner Michel have the opportunity to buy 10 acres of disused olive farm in Provence the idea seems absurd. After all they dont have a lot of money & theyve only been together a little while. THE OLIVE FARM is the story of the highs & lows of purchasing the farm & life in Provence: the local customs & cuisine; the threats of fire & adoption of a menagerie of animals; the potential financial ruin & the thrill of harvesting their own olives
- especially when they are discovered to produce the finest extra-virgin olive oil..."