Harvesting My First Olives in Italy - A Beginner's Experience! 

Ah really? I have to say it’s the best decision I’ve ever made! Where are you based at the moment? Are you thinking of Abruzzo or Italy in general?

@@MyLittleItalianHomestead I am in Texas. I have lived, visited, and worked in different places in the world and the USA. My family is two generations removed from Italy. I hear some places are going cheap because of vacancies or no one wants to keep a country house they inherited. Thinking about the Campania area.

@@frederickcampana5717 Yes property prices are very reasonable! I absolutely love the Campania region (I was born there) - I think it has the best cuisine in Italy and gorgeous coastline. I wish you luck in finding your perfect home!

Thank you!

Thank you so much! It was a great experience 😊

Thanks for the tip 😊

Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it 😄. Good luck with your picking, I hope the weather is nice wherever you are!

Hi John, thanks so much for the positive feedback! Sounds like you have a great itinerary there - you’ll get to see a variety of different landscapes but in a more authentic way. Last year we harvested in the second week of October which is quite early but it had been a very hot summer so they were ready. I think usually end of October/beginning of November is when the harvest takes place. The motorway from Umbria to Abruzzo is amazing. However, once you get into Abruzzo the roads are pretty potholed and terrible, I have to admit, and everywhere takes longer than you think because of the mountains in the way!

That’s such a great idea! I have contacted a local cooperative and I’m hoping they will have a similar scheme - I will keep you posted. I’m not sure of wholesale prices, I only know that locally people are selling for €11/12 per litre so could potentially make over a thousand euros.

Thank you for the tip! 😀

Hi! Thanks for watching my video 😊 I don’t know what kind of soil you have there but the top varieties here for making olive oil are Sessana, Leccino, Coratina, and Itrana. My olive oil comes out with quite a peppery flavour and very rich colour. I love the idea of getting all the family together to pick! This month I need to start pruning the trees so I’m hoping to film another video about that ☺️

Isn't it the little late to start pruning?

Isn't it a little late to start pruning? I'll try and watch. We're going to go up this weekend to work out a plan. And to sync a well.

@@michaellangdon7608 No here people either do it straight after the harvest or in March but the majority seem to do it in March, probably because they’re too worn out after the harvest like I was 😂

I do my pruning in the fall. But that's my other fruiting trees. I'm still learning about the olive tree. I would show you a picture of the land that we're going to be farming but I don't know how to do it on RU-vid.

Grazie per la risposta, a breve ti scrivo in Privato... un saluto !@@MyLittleItalianHomestead

Amazing! Let’s make it happen!

If you have time you can come to help me in Greece next year i have only 1125 tree's

@@georgiosmesimeris3076 Wow! How many people do you normally have helping you and how long does it take?

I need 6-8 people, two in the sails, three people with the machines, two people putting olives in the sacks and definitely one person who will help at some stage. now the trees I have have nothing to do with the ones you have can take down alone from 180-250 kg of olives every day average we go to the olive press 1500 kg of olives

@@MyLittleItalianHomestead now for the time specifically this is a matter of weather that will have I remember two years ago it rained for 20 days straight