Nearly 6,000 carob trees were planted on Sunday in Cyprus as the Mediterranean island seeks to revive its tradition of producing “black gold”. “We’re going to plant 40,000 carob trees before the end ...

The carob – sit in its shade and enjoy its sweet pods, but not before August 15 You may know the carob tree from its ‘fat shade’ or pashia skia – as the locals refer to it – but did you know that ...

ANOGYRA, Cyprus (Reuters) - Barn owls and black snakes are being enlisted in Cyprus to protect carob trees, known on the Mediterranean island since antiquity and once a flourishing export but now ...

Visitors to Cyprus would find it hard not to have noticed herds of goats chewing away on a dark, boomerang-shaped carob, or not sampled the dark velvety syrup, drizzled on to some traditional yoghurt, ...

Theophanis Christou harvests carob in Cyprus' southern village of Asgata on September 5, 2022.Photo: AFP Christos Charalambous might be 79 but he is several meters up a carob tree, harvesting a fruit ...

Asgáta (Cyprus) (AFP) – Christos Charalambous might be 79 but he is several metres up a carob tree, harvesting a fruit known as "black gold" on the island of Cyprus as his grandson works below. For ...

gold'Oreites (Cyprus), Nov 26 (AFP) Nearly 6,000 carob treeswere planted today in Cyprus as the Mediterranean island seeksto revive its tradition of producing "black gold". We're going to plant 40,000 ...

Nearly 6,000 carob trees were planted on Sunday in Cyprus as the Mediterranean island seeks to revive its tradition of producing "black gold". "We're going to plant 40,000 carob trees before the end ...