De-weeding on the edge of the regenerative vegetable garden at home on a fiercely hot morning. We had storms for hours, lots of rain, and an extraordinary partial eclipse through black clouds and lightning, but even though the next days are forecast to be cooler there’s no sign of it at all.

We’ve been working on plans for new olive oil labels, with new rules and requirements published by the Italian government to study and comply with. There’s rosemary to pick and distill at the farm, plus dried camomile in the drying room waiting for us to cold infuse in oil. A lot of interesting projects