"echinosum" wrote in message
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beccabunga;877486 Wrote:
Uncured olives are almost inedible, and being black won't catch the
birds' attention. Also, if they are in pots, they belong to someone, so
taking the crop is theft.
Olives can ripen sufficiently to be edible without curing, and are
available in that condition in Morocco. I've eaten them in that
condition found in an olive grove in Marrakech in early January. I think
you may need a warm enough climate for them to get that far without
rotting though.

A couple of ripe olives found their way into my pocket while I was crossing
the Atlas Mountains in Morocco about ten years ago.

The two small trees, ca. 2 ft. high, are now growing here in pots and I
put them outside every summer. The leaves are smaller and shinier green
than the usual olive tree, but a nice souvenir of a good holiday.