How interesting. Are the nets just left there until the olives fall off, or does someone get up and shake the tree or knock them off? I'm not fond of olives, except the oil. Because they don't grow here I never thought about harvesting them. A lovely day for this project. Sorry there's not more olives in the harvest. Mother Nature has not been kind this year and for a number of years actually. I imagine, along with everything else, olive oil will be pricier in the days coming up.
Lovely shot. A friend of mine in Malta has hundreds of olive trees and the olives have all been gathered and - in this I'm not sure - sent for the production of olive oil.
@randystreat I've heard the noise of what I think are like electric strimmers which are run along the branches to cut off the olives. But in Italy I see people picking the olives by hand and indeed shaking the branches!
