Monday, May 5, 2008

Olive blossoms

The olive trees here in the Jerusalem Hills have many tiny blossoms just now. Looks like this year it will be a good harvest in the fall.
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  1. sonia a. mascaroMay 6, 2008 at 1:09 AM

    Beautiful this olive blossoms!
    I have never seen an olive tree before.

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  2. KayMay 6, 2008 at 2:25 AM

    Have you done anything with the olives? I do like green olives very much.

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  3. Rambling WoodsMay 6, 2008 at 4:16 AM

    And all I see of olives are in jars...nice to see where they actually come from...

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  4. ChrissyMay 6, 2008 at 5:27 AM

    Send some olives this way!

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  5. Jane Hards PhotographyMay 6, 2008 at 5:20 PM

    It is nice to see olivein their natural state before they find their way to my table, canned or jarred.

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  6. USelaineMay 7, 2008 at 9:24 AM

    I heard a radio show once that explained the olive harvest in your region is very much a community event that brings people together.

    Olive orchards have been started here in my county, since we have the climate for vinyards as well. Olive trees are so beautifully twisted as they grow old. Nice to be reminded of them.

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  7. DinaMay 8, 2008 at 11:51 PM

    The Jerusalem Hills have olive trees everywhere. The olives that I help harvest are on land of neighbor friends, nuns, actually. They pickle some of them and some get pressed for oil. You are all invited to come and pick in the fall. It takes weeks because they believe in picking each olive individually. The Arab method is to put a sheet under the tree and hit the branches with a stick until the olives fall to the ground.
    The sisters took me with to see the olives pressed at a monastery. I'll post about it.

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  8. DickMay 9, 2008 at 8:58 PM

    Oh I like olives, never seen olive blossoms. Thanks for visiting, have a nice weekend.

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