Olives...
...ooo yeh!! I went olive picking. Climbed trees and everything.
Also met some lovely new people, ate lots of yummy food and even played
cards. Hoorah!
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| (1) The olives start on the tree....(!!) |
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| (2) A net goes around the base of the tree. |
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| (3a) Then you just "comb" the olives off the branches. |
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| (3b) You've gotta love the bright pink hoody! |
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| (3c) Obviously the olives are all over the tree so sometimes it's just easier to get in it! |
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| (4) The olives end up on the floor and it's just a case of helping them roll to the bottom of the net, which is lifted up at the edge to catch them. Then put them into containers. Simple! |
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| (5) Every Olive picked! |
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| Snack Time! |
Pleased you too have experienced the wonder of olive picking - nothing like the Berterolli advert; apart from the fact that the ancients of the community continue to pick olives! We actually know an 87 year old LADY who continues to climb and pick her own olives. The best bit is always the lunch with everyone sitting down to a huge feast the down side is continuing to pick AFTER this huge lunch. We have not been over to pick olives this year and have missed the good days and lunches but my waist band has definitley benefitted.
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