What did you do in the garden today?

[jxp]

I had something happen Thursday. First I am ok. I thought I was having a TIA and went to the ER. Ran a bunch of tests and out of there 4 hours later. No conclusion was given. DW went over the test results and she says I had a seizure. Anyhow follow up with GP Wednesday and neurologist 12 - 18.

You're having quite a year.

 

[Minanora]

Today we harvested olives at my mother-in-laws. We ran out of light but got most picked. My guess is that we got roughly 1800#. Which hopefully gives 40ish gallons of oil. Maybe. I'm excited to find out the exact numbers!

Pretty good year, not a lot of fruit fly damage despite picking late and the warm season we've had. Made sorting go very fast.

 

[jerryse]

Sunshine yesterday and today. Cloudy days ahead. Baked a pink banana squash and saved seeds. I had to get a new indoor/outdoor thermometer as the old one quit. Had a terrible time getting the outdoor unit to work. Tried different batteries and put batteries in and out several times nothing. DW tried 1 time and it worked.

 

[Sally PB]

Today we harvested olives at my mother-in-laws. We ran out of light but got most picked. My guess is that we got roughly 1800#. Which hopefully gives 40ish gallons of oil. Maybe. I'm excited to find out the exact numbers!

How do you pick olives? I'm assuming it isn't by hand...? Do you shake the trees, as they do with cherries here in Michigan?

 

[Minanora]

How do you pick olives? I'm assuming it isn't by hand...? Do you shake the trees, as they do with cherries here in Michigan?

We pick all by hand. It's a long day. There were 14 of us for most of the day. Then 7 of us picked until we ran out of light.

The thing is, when you pick by hand, you don't get stems and way less leaves. So the quality of the oil is superior.

We also pull out all of the bad olives and any stray branch bits at a table before they go in the bulk bins. The mill always comments on the fact that we have the cleanest olives they ever process. Year after year.

MIL will send samples off to a lab for checking the quality, class, and mineral/polyphenol content of the oil.

 

[Molpet]

Today we harvested olives at my mother-in-laws. We ran out of light but got most picked. My guess is that we got roughly 1800#. Which hopefully gives 40ish gallons of oil. Maybe. I'm excited to find out the exact numbers!View attachment 4255764View attachment 4255765View attachment 4255766View attachment 4255767
Pretty good year, not a lot of fruit fly damage despite picking late and the warm season we've had. Made sorting go very fast.

Looks like a lot of work.
Is any for sale?

 

[Sally PB]

We pick all by hand. It's a long day. There were 14 of us for most of the day. Then 7 of us picked until we ran out of light.

We also pull out all of the bad olives and any stray branch bits at a table before they go in the bulk bins. The mill always comments on the fact that we have the cleanest olives they ever process. Year after year.

That is impressive.

 

[Sally PB]

Now I have olive picking questions.

Are the trees tall enough that you need ladders? Having never seen an olive tree, I don't have any idea about their growth habit.

Do olives tend to ripen all at once, so that you're just picking everything, or do you have to pick according to the ripeness of the fruit? Is there one main harvest, or several smaller ones?

Olives and ginger are two crops I wish I could grow here in Michigan.

 

[Smokerbill]

Today we harvested olives at my mother-in-laws. We ran out of light but got most picked. My guess is that we got roughly 1800#. Which hopefully gives 40ish gallons of oil. Maybe. I'm excited to find out the exact numbers!View attachment 4255764View attachment 4255765View attachment 4255766View attachment 4255767
Pretty good year, not a lot of fruit fly damage despite picking late and the warm season we've had. Made sorting go very fast.

That is cool! Are any of the olives you pick brined and processed into eating olives?

 

[akroberts1085]

I was on Pinterest and seen a sign of a chicken running and the sign read: Live today like you're getting fired tomorrow. I had to share it