What do I do with the olives on my olive tree in North Cyprus

rocky


Joined: 17/10/2007
Posts: 1749

Message Posted:
09/09/2011 22:45

any ideas? someone told me its gone wild but it is not agressive. It has plenty of fruit, do I leave them for the birds and nature? or do I pick them ( if so when) and give them away or where can I take them to have my own olive oil?

Marion


Joined: 06/03/2011
Posts: 1816

Message Posted:
09/09/2011 23:15

Assuming you are here and notr in Somerset, and depending on where you live, there are small places around where you can get them pressed. I am sure someone on here may well do it, or you could ask someone like Maureen Hutchinson (although I believe she is not on island at the moment). do pick them if you want to use them, or let a local pick them if they want them. Don't let them go to waste.

so where are you? I know there is a place at Karaoglanogluy and I believe another at Karsiyaka and plenty more.

westender


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 328

Message Posted:
09/09/2011 23:19

The locals come & pick ours & give us a couple of bottles of olive oil.

Marion


Joined: 06/03/2011
Posts: 1816

Message Posted:
09/09/2011 23:32

that's a much easier option, message 3. perhaps rocky could go for that one!

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
10/09/2011 08:52

A local man comes and picks the olives from mine and my neighbours trees. The first year my negotiated reward was a proper pruning of the tree. Subsequent years I got a share of the finshed oil. However, my fruit is necessarily mixed with that from many trees because you need a fair amount before they run the press.