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Sacha[_1_] · 10-12-2006, 10:50 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 10/12/06 17:17, in article ,
"David WE Roberts" wrote:

On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 18:27:20 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 9/12/06 18:18, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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Ray has just brought me 4 big, fat black olives from our (indoor) tree.
So
that's us okay for oil this winter. ;-))
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I'm just a teensy bit amused because olive trees are the 'in thing' atm and
we do get people asking how to harvest and preserve them and if we managed 4
this year after a long hot spell in a greenhouse......... ;-) However, with
global warming, no doubt the laugh will be on........our 20 times removed
successors!

Our olive tree (outside in a pot on the patio) has quite a large crop of
small olives - just turning from green to black.

Presumably a hardier variety which produces small fruit instead of the big
oily ones.

If I had the time I would quite fancy collecting them and processing them,
but I understand it is a long and laborious process.

Last year's olives stayed on the tree well into this year, mind you, so
there may yet be time :-)

I think the smaller ones are harvested in January in e.g. Crete. Can you
process yours now and tell us what happens, how they taste etc?
I'm sorry, David but I don't recall where you live. Please don't tell me
it's in deepest Spain. ;-)
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Sacha
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South Devon
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