During 2012 we'll be trying to do more with less, as will most people. It is not just a financial issues but also a time issue.
We're starting by streamlining the shop, which we feel has too many products. We'll concentrate on mugs, cards, notebooks, bags and fridge magnets, and will also carry other items in more popular designs and T shirts in the Logo Designs.
Spring work at the groves will consist of routine annual work at the Lamda, Delta and Trigono groves while we try to tackle the wilderness at Petra and continue to imporve the Lemon Grove.
We make contacts via the Travelpod blog, MySpace, Facebook and Linked-In.
Denise Francis
Dates in the Development of Trigono-Lamda
1999 June Trigono The first plot purchased, close to the main road and with I0 olive trees along its borders. Access issues but being developed as a low maintenance garden.
1999 December Lamda olive Grove purchased. 66 oil producing trees, 4 kalamata eating olive trees. Previously cultivated with a dwelling and well.
2000 March The Lemon Grove purchased, covering 10,000 sq metres, flat and fertile, with 300 lemon trees and 7 olive trees. Around two thirds of the lemon trees have been lost due to severe weather conditions.
2000 Ithaki. A Small farm building on a 2 Strema plot above the Lemon Grove. It has been used as a Summer House but has no mains water or electricity.
2000 Petra Petralofos means stony hill. A 4.1 strema plot of grazing or meadow land above the lemon grove. It has a sea view from its highest point.
2004 - Frost damages all trees at Lemon Grove
2007 - January - Trigonogroves Website started.
2008 December Delta purchased about 30 olive oil producing trees, adjacent to the Lamda Olive Grove. providing access to both it and the Lamda grove. Both groves originally belonged to the same family.
2009 December - Online shop started. It shows Trigono-Lamda designs on a range of useful products and proceeds from sales will contribute towards the cost of maintaining the groves.
2010 August - Started the Travel Blog as an aid to travellors
2009-2010 was our 10th anniversary and we celebrated with a cake by cakes2enjoy
2011 brought new challenges, - to register as a business in the UK and market 100 litres of the bumper crop of olive oil produced in December 2010. We also simplified the website, and saw visitor numbers increase! A blog hosted by Travelpod, is an easier way to provide travel news.
Protect and Share
The Trigono-Lamda motto is "protect and share" and the aim is to protect the beautiful, natural environment while sharing it via photos on the website and on products for sale worldwide through our online shop.
Acknowledgements
The Trigonogroves site could not have been built without the the help of online experts who provide free resources, usually with a request that they are acknowledged by a link to their site.
wikipedia.com gives definitions and explanations of terms; html_dog.com provides html and css coding step by step.
W3C The world wide web consortium provides standards and Creating Websites - The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald (Pogue Press, O Reilly - fills in all the gaps and is the only book I have bought!
Marble-I.T is our host.
validator.com validatessites for commpliance with standards and DynamicDrive is useful as a source of for navigation code, games and other ideas.
I used Linkassure for Adding RSS Feeds and the The BBC has excellent explanations of feeds and compliance
Submit Express gives details on Search Engine Optimization and SEO Tools.
FreeFind.com - Search technology with a site map updated weekly and reports, provides the site search facility.
Webmonkey gives colour pallette reference numbers.