This year we had a much better crop of olives. The recently-planted tree—a manzanillo, I believe—never produced much fruit in the past few years, but starting in the summer a number of small olives began to be visible. We started to spot more and more as they ripened and slowly changed color.
I harvested as many olives as I could reach last month (November) and started brining them in a saltwater solution.
We'll see.
Photos: Olives on Tree—Marin County, 2010; Harvested Olives—Marin County, 2010
4 comments:
Love the picture of the olives on the tree, and what a great project! Yummmmm.
Thanks! Looks like it's going to be a long drawn-out project.
What's the plan?
Olives are now in a salt brine in the garage. I've been changing the brine on a weekly basis; they're still incredibly bitter.
Looks like it's going to be a long drawn-out project.
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