Once a year, like Christmas, olive picking comes around.
We have been enjoying a fabulous warm Autumn, and our trusty loyal Olive pickers are arriving tomorrow.
However, earlier in the week rain was forecast, so we called in the back up team and brought forward picking to today.
The ladies did a stirling job.
We have picked 245 kilos of Olives for the last two years producing almost 50 litres of oil for our use.
Sadly this year, a hot Spring & cold nights in July has led to a poor crop. In addition time to time, the trees simply take a rest and reserve their energy for the following year.
We have a range of accessories to collect our Olives in, this bag , was donated by Roy, from his days as a newspaper boy.
We also have a bag from New Zealand designed for collecting Kiwi's, a peg bag we bought in Australia, and special engineer designed buckets from South Wales! quite a collection.
One of our olive pickers taking a break!!!!
And this is part of the crop, not the best we have picked sadly!
The reward for our loyal pickers, lunch in the sun on the terrace!
And the result, 198 kilos less than the last two years! That is nature!
Volunteers for 2012 contact us now!! third weekend in November .
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