Olives 2018

We once again went to our neighbor's farm and picked olives. There was a bit of a twist this year, though: we picked 958 pounds (with the help of some friends) and took it to an olive oil press to be magically turned into olive oil!

Rachel & Anthony had decided not to harvest this year, but told us we could come and pick what we wanted. After discussing various options with them, we thought we'd give a try at seeing if we could get enough to bring to the press. We even had enough to pick a bucket just for curing as table olives.

We started by hand, but found it way more efficient to use the electric rakes (imagine a long rake with tines that wiggle). Huge thanks to the Newmans and the Foley-Maddoxes for joining us and making this happen!