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....... Do you use it?
I remember it being £2.49 a bottle in Aldi's and Lidl's, not long ago. It's almost doubled in price now.
Well, over in Spain, where it comes from, it's on the shelves at over €8 a bottle. The people are going mad about it, as they use it a lot over there.
My neighbour has cut down 1 hectare of good, well producing Cherry trees and replaced them with Olives. Many others are doing the same. They're seeing the € sign.
But, I've looked up the reason why this has happened and they're saying it's due to the drought which has happened in Spain.
It's true, all the big reservoirs in the Pyrenese have dried up and water restrictions have been in place for a year or so, but Olives are survivors, they don't take that much water.

I wonder, if all the farmers are getting rid of their Cherry, Peach, Pomegranite and Pear trees (probably in foresight as they all need lots of water) and replacing them with Olives, what don't?
It won't be long before the price of everything else goes up accordingly?
We're all going to have to start growing our own stuff, laaaaike, in t'back gardin. Tomplum'll love that!