Harvesting Olives in Portugal and a CONFESSION

It's Olive Harvest Season. With the weather against us, we harvest the olives for the second time.
One of us has a confession about olives.
We prune some of the big olive tress to get them down in height and collect the olives.
Music by Bensound.com
#farmlife #permaculture #offgrid

[@mariaferreira7535]

Dear Nearby Veggies, I just found you in KZbin and subscribed immediately. I love what you are doing, and that you choose Portugal as your refuge. I'm Portuguese myself, living many years abroad. My family also has olives trees and a house in the inner Portugal to take care of. We do our best to keep it, but it's a lot of work. About the olive trees, I don't know how isolated you are, but olive picking is traditionally a kind of communal task. Maybe you know this already, but in any case here it goes. If you do it for the neighbors, they also do it for you. And there is always someone in the area, that usually does it for a day's pay. Other option is to make it a family/friend event, where you supply food and stay, and they help you with the work. A day full of hard work, but also with lots of good food and wine to keep you going. All options to assure help for the olive picking, because it's really hard work, I know... Anyway, I mean it, for the coming years, as food for thought ;-). For now, you are doing a fantastic job! Good luck and best wishes!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you Maria. We love the communal part of picking. This year, it's been a crazy race to get the picking done between the rain and thunderstorms. The harvest in our area last year was staggered over many weeks, but this year it seems that everyone was out on the same days. With Dan working during the week, it's not so easy to schedule our help with the neighbours. We hope to do better next year. When we have the house done, we're really looking forward to making food and sharing much more. Thank you for subscribing. See you soon.

[@Miguel.2780]

Hey guys. I live in the south of Portugal in a small village called Moura (The capital of Olive Oil) and i have around 20 olive trees. i just wanted to share with you the way i've been doing the "conserva" with the olives, getting them ready to eat. i have a lot of Galega which look similar to the ones you show on this video and for these i make 3 or 4 vertical cuts and i put them in water for 15 days. I change the water once a day for the first 10 days and then i start adding a bit of salt to the water for the next 5 or 6 days, still changing it daily. After that you can do the "salmoura", 1kg of salt for 10litres of water if you want to keep them for long periods of time (they will still be crunchy one year later). Normally i just add oregano when i do the salmoura and they are delicious but you can add laurel, garlic, a slice of orange or lemon. If you have other varieties of olives, bigger ones like Cordovil or Manzanilla you can even pick them while they're green, just before they start to ripen. For those ones, instead of making the cuts, you smash them with a hammer and then follow the same process. After changing the water for 15 days, if you're not sure if they are ready for the salmoura, just try eating one or two and see if they're still bitter. Thank you for sharing your experience and i hope you enjoy everything your land has to offer! Miguel

[@NearbyVeggies]

Awesome information. Thank you.

[@MikeLuisCozinheiro75]

Hard working people . Educated and polite . This is the people Portugal need here . ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@trucknomadsdotcom9731]

Oooh, that’s seriously hard pruning. Olives grow on 2 year old branches. The ones you all cut would give olives next year. (this year is a very poor olive-year anyway everywhere). But sure next year no olives. New branches will grow though in the next season and you can harvest then in 2024. (Please no pruning next year).

[@NearbyVeggies]

Ah yes. We have hard pruned some trees, not all. We're working on a long term plan of getting the height down as well as improving production. Our spindliest tree has produced the most olives this year. Learning more about pruning from watching the locals. Thank you.

[@roheelaayaz3990]

So soft spoken

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍😊

[@joanbroadway759]

This is just the beginning of your journey in Portugal. You're just learning. Be kind to yourselves. Every new season will be easier as you learn.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you.

[@dreamer3065]

Did you ever tried to give fresh olive to your cat? My cat loves olives but he doesn't eat more then one. I think it's because they are salted. Don't have fresh ones in my country. Thank you for sharing your life ❤ I am planing to move to Portugal very soon 🙏🦚

[@NearbyVeggies]

He only likes mice 🐁. 😋He doesn’t eat vegetables or fruit.

[@PensionersinPortugal]

Absolutely lovely video :) I had no idea that you couldn't eat olives straight off the tree until we owned a few olive trees. Give us a shout next Olive harvest, we would love to pop over to help :) Fab video, really enjoyable :) (Darren)

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks Darren. Appreciate it it.

[@hedykarim3614]

I admire you two ! As someone who have no family or home it gives me hope to one day have a place of my own and hope for a future ! Keep sharing your videos

[@NearbyVeggies]

You can do it!

[@mrsturnbull4698]

Gosh I am glad you said that about Olives we planted two trees when we first arrived so I wont eat then till we process them thks for the tip hehe.

[@NearbyVeggies]

It's such a funny thing to think about now.

[@MessiasMenezes]

Good Morning. How are you? I found his channel and liked the content and I just subscribed here. I'm Brazilian and I speak Brazilian Portuguese. And I speak and understand English a little, have a good day God bless you.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@WendyW123]

Bless you, you look soooo tired. You can buy plastic rakes to get the olives out of the trees, the ones I've seen are yellow and can be attached to a pole. More expensive alternatives are electric powered agitation rakes that shake the olives out of the trees onto your ground sheets. This year unfortunately, our olive trees have not been very productive.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We have those yellow rakes but it’s quite sore on your neck looking up all the time. Our harvest was poor this year. A combination of many things - drought, inadequate pruning then torrential rains when the olives were ready. We have a small olive grove which doesn’t justify the mechanical shaker. Pruning brought down most of the olives. Let’s hope we all have a better harvest next year 😊

[@ÁzsiábaSzakadtam]

Do you really need to cut the branches for harvesting?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We don’t need to cut the branches to pick, however the trees have to be pruned. We do it at the same time like many of our neighbours do.

[@zedacruja681]

And if you have a chainsaw make some spatula for turning the food in the kitchen ,olive wood its very good and healthy

[@NearbyVeggies]

Cool 👍

[@kiskatalin2206]

Thise video was the best what I could see from Portugal. I never know olives trees need prune. Good job both of you. 👌😄♥️

[@NearbyVeggies]

The trees need to be pruned to produce a good harvest. 😊👍

[@hedykarim3614]

Make olive wood spoons , rolling pin , spatula

[@NearbyVeggies]

Great ideas

[@VitorMadeira]

Quite some work, indeed, but everything one makes in the country has a special feeling, even when you become way too tired at the end of the day... Even so, that's way better than sitting from 9h00 to 17h00 in front of a computer screen. Greetings from the South.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Still sitting in front of a computer half the week. 😊

[@VitorMadeira]

@@NearbyVeggies Ha! Did not know about that. Still, better than me: I sit the whole week in front of a computer... 🙄

[@NearbyVeggies]

Dan in front of the computer 👨‍💻 for most of the week. Still working full time.

[@SweetisMel]

You two warm my heart! May God Almighty spread His blessings upon you.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you. That's kind.

[@aung3627]

လူတိုင်ကအဖိုးနဲအဖွားကိုအတုယူစရာကြည်ပဲအပင်ကိုဘယ်လိုအသုံးပြုသွားသည်ဗီဒီယိုတခုပါပဲသစ်ရွက်များမြေစီဖြစ်အသုံးပြုပီသစ်ကိုင်များပါမကြံအသုံးပြုပုံကလဲမြေစာအဖြစ်တွေရပုံအကျိုးရလက်ကလူတိုင်အတွက်အကျိုးရှိပုံများ

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍

[@Atimatimukti]

Olive trees, .like most fruit trees, produce a lot one year and much less the next year. So don't feel bad for this year yeld, it's just normal.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We did alright in the end and the harvest is down this year everywhere it seems. Thank you for your encouragement.

[@altavwyk8593]

I absolutely love your videos. I find myself wishing for more or longer videos. How is it going with the removal off the Mimosa trees.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We were wondering if people would like slightly longer videos. We want to keep them interesting rather than bore you to tears.

[@mirkaperez3664]

🙋🏻‍♀️Hi i found yours videos 2 days ago in YT,I'm glad to see you satisfied with your new home in Portugal🤔but my question is:how much did you pay for the old house,and how difficult is it to buy in Portugal an property, or a piece of land? Could you explain the steps that must be taken tobe able to buy a property in Portugal if you are not Portuguese,I'm font the Caribbean,i love your backyard is beautiful,keep enjoying your dreams house,thanks and good luck, best wishes for both 🙋🏻‍♀️🤗👍🏻👏‼

[@NearbyVeggies]

You probably need a Portuguese lawyer to explain all of that. Documents are very important here. Thank you and best wishes.

[@carolewarner101]

Wow, that's a LOT of hard pruning. I didn't realize olive trees needed such hard pruning (and that they can survive it!). Nor did I realize you couldn't eat an olive right off the tree!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Olive trees are amazingly resilient trees. Thank goodness you haven’t tested the fresh olives. 🤣

[@carolewarner101]

@@NearbyVeggies Amen to that! 🤣 Love seeing what you two are up to. My husband and I are creating our own homestead here across the pond in the Pacific Northwest of the US. Wish we had all those beautiful stone buildings and terraces and the mature olive trees. We're starting from scratch and still have a house to build! It's a life long dream, but very daunting nonetheless. Great to see what we hope our lives will be more like as we get our garden and trees planted out there and have a cozy house.

[@bergannon6585]

Carole, you will be pleasantly surprised as to how fast your planting will transform your property. Check out Bealtaine Cottage, Collette O'Neill. She bought an Irish cottage and 3 acres 17 years ago. Worth watching, it will lift your heart. Blessings to you and very best of luck, you are living your dream. ☘️🎄☘️

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’re in the long waiting process of having our own cosy house too. Your homestead will grow and be beautiful.

[@julie011267]

Bless you look so tired maraid wish you had help xxx enjoy your holiday dan x

[@NearbyVeggies]

Dan is working in the UK, not holidaying. I might be having a little break on my own, hehe. Meraid x

[@maryhauser6523]

No, I wasn't aware that you could not eat an olive straight from the tree, thank you for the information, but when I was a child, I would go wild and eat all kinds of fruits, just grab off the tree and eat, my parents and relatives would get mad at me because I would get sick. mind you I would be in the country only in the summer not at olive harvest time.

[@NearbyVeggies]

It's good to know that even a Portuguese woman didn't know about the olives. Something I will never forget.

[@joanbroadway759]

I always wondered if you could eat olives straight from the tree. They look delicious. Now I know. Thanks for the warning.

[@NearbyVeggies]

I am not alone in my confession :-)

[@monicacruz4407]

A chainsaw, even a mini one, is a great investment. I have a small Makita chainsaw with a battery, lightweight, makes tree work possible, in my early 50s seeing you up those trees sawing, thinking, nope. I’ve just cured my first lot of olives, it’s worth it. Good luck with everything 🙏💪👌

[@NearbyVeggies]

We have two chainsaws. We like pruning with hand tools because of the peacefulness. We only use chainsaws for cutting big mimosa or firewood. Neither of us is keen on going up a tree with a chainsaw. Looking forward to curing some olives too.

[@flowersflowers473]

Oh - I also didn’t know almonds and hazelnuts needed to be shelled - by hand- before they get to us in the market. No wonder nuts are generally quite expensive!

[@NearbyVeggies]

It's quite a job doing the almonds. They have a furry coating on the shell which has to be removed before you even get the the shell. Sometimes the outer furry coating sticks to the shell. Barely a fingernail left after that job!

[@armandodesousa6375]

A well pruned and maintained olive grove is such a beautiful sight, especially in the fog and rain! Great job!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@pedroleal7118]

Hello,! Olives and Oliveiras are very 'time consuming', and a tad susceptible, but the unique tresor you get back justify all the fuss! + of course, hands down, the best fire wood in the world! Take care! ps we do still have some Oliveiras in the family (towards Beira Baixa).

[@NearbyVeggies]

It’s really worth the effort. Nice to know you have family land. 😊

[@bonnieschroeder7893]

Such incredibly hard working people. There's just no way you wont be successful. ❤

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks, Bonnie. 😊

[@paulstanwix522]

Loving your films. I don't live in Portugal all the year round. But I have about 40 Olive trees. They haven't had anything done to them for 20-30 years. Do you think that I could start pruning in mid January until March time? I live in the middle of nowhere and theres no one to ask! Many thanks

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yes you can definitely prune them in January. Winter is a good time to do it. 👍

[@CynCopeland-TheAnswerIsMeat]

lol we have 300 olive trees which we recently pruned (they'd been neglected by the previous owners). We got virtually nothing the year after, but ths year it is looking like a monster harvest this coming season (we're in Australia).

[@NearbyVeggies]

Similar climate to us.

[@pedroleal7118]

And also, people in that region, refused to mechanise harvesting, because they said it 'hurts' the tree.Olive trees are considered almost immortal, and carry a lot of symbolism!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Olive trees are a beautiful symbol of strength and time and generosity. Almost everyone loves olive trees.

[@debbujol5571]

Sometimes youre the bug and sometimes youre the windshield!

[@NearbyVeggies]

What a great saying. Thank you 😊

[@karimlousrani140]

I love your videos but i think ppl dont harvest the olives by cutting the whole branches. You can only hit the branches with a long wood whip and the olives will come down easily.

[@NearbyVeggies]

You’re right but we also needed to prune which is what people do around here. 😊

[@dasher2009-t8v]

I would of love to see your olive oil in any dish to show the viewers the quality .. a culinary tasting. Farm to table?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We use olive oil in almost every meal we make. Lots of it. 😂

[@ruthconstantino6861]

Aww, Meraid, i'm sorry you didn't get to do more. Wish you had help while Dan was away.

[@NearbyVeggies]

It's a little bit lonely without Dan when working at the quinta, but it's such a peaceful place. Not much conversation going on.

[@CynCopeland-TheAnswerIsMeat]

ps the olive wood burns beautifully - really hot and long!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yes and perfect in the big pizza oven.

[@christienagema7855]

It also happened to me.... Jigg!!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank goodness I’m not the only one. 😊

[@marisa01082012]

Yes, I've met people who thought that "ripe" (black) olives were ready to be eaten (like any other fruit you pick from the tree to eat)...and they "BITTERLY" regretted having done so 😀🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NearbyVeggies]

😂

[@farmerconnie8172]

I got emotional looking at meraid’s face trying to keep it together. It’s ok to feel overwhelmed. You do do a lot. It used to take entire families to get the olives picked. It is just the two of you. Way too much for two people

[@poosmate]

I didn't know olives couldn't be eaten straight from the tree. Not keen on olives anyway. At least you got some harvest from your trees, 2ltrs of olive oil is better than none. I LOL'd when the caption came up "Now you know why we're not skinny", now that's my kind of breakfast! You both look like healthy human beings, please stay as you are. I've had friends who were told they were clinically obese by doctors and watched them go from healthy looking to old, gaunt and skeletal before they reached their perfect BMI number. They must have got so tired of concerned people asking them if they were alright. Love your videos, please keep them coming! Take care, Poo

[@NearbyVeggies]

We are both healthy and happy and enjoy our food. What's a BMI lol. Thank you for the lovely comment.

[@poosmate]

@@NearbyVeggies It's Body Mass Index. I believe the "healthy" number is 25. However, the people I knew (they were all work colleagues) were often discussed in the office as people were genuinely concerned and were afraid that they had "The Big C". Nope, just on a healthy diet to get to their healthiest weight! I understand loving the food, I am more Irish than English when it comes to food LOL. Take care, Poo

[@NearbyVeggies]

Whoops. We both know what BMI is, I was joking because we look like we don’t care. 😂

[@poosmate]

@@NearbyVeggies LOLOLOL I had a senior moment there! Of course I remember/notice you put a LOL after that comment - went straight over my head. LOL Take care, Poo

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍

[@lisabadham]

Love this channel. Relationship and life goals wrapped into one! X

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you, Lisa.

[@sueg2658]

My sis and did the same thing you did. She was really shocked and disappointed as she really loves eating olives.

[@NearbyVeggies]

I feel for anyone who has done it. Not something to do twice.

[@corinnetonelli489]

Good work done. Lots of nice goodies from the UK! T bags for one…. Gets some well earned rest! 😊😊😊

[@NearbyVeggies]

Tea bags are number 1 item to bring back home to Portugal.

[@kathleenpitt1981]

Perhaps a bamboo pole? It would be lighter to wield and do less damage. Sorry, thought I was responding to a different comment about using a stick to beat the branches to remove olives.

[@zlatahume3134]

Isn’t there someone to help with the olives ? I seen some attachment to the drill which aggravate the olives to fall to the ground …

[@NearbyVeggies]

Because of the weather everybody is busy and a good percentage of the harvest for everyone is on the ground. We had big winds thunderstorms and torrential rain which stopped people harvesting for weeks.

[@louiseswart1315]

Olive wood is lovely for carving bowls, plates, coasters and ornaments.

[@luisaleonardi666]

Gon on, you, re strong and capable, willing to do everything with the right timing and patience. Congrats on your success with the generous olives.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you, Luisa. 👍

[@bireshwarmitra2089]

Inspiring, thanks for sharing.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@angelicapadro8433]

I was given an olive tree some years ago and when the olives grew I tasted them and they were awful. So they went to waste because of my ignorance. Don’t feel bad. Love love your videos. Always learn something. Big hug from Florida.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We can learn so much from mistakes. Welcome and thank you 😊

[@bergannon6585]

I live in Co. Meath Ireland, so you can imagine my delight when I saw a mature Olive Tree for sale in a nearby garden center. That was until I checked out the price, it was over €1,000. I envy you having your own grove, long may you both enjoy. 🌹🙏🌹

[@maggiemorgan8422]

Ah Meraid, I felt for you there ❤ Keep enjoying the cake x

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you, I will indeed. x

[@angelique2653]

Hi. You guys are amazing! I love your energy, focus and hard work. I love that you know the names of all your trees and plants. Do you plan to make a living out of selling your produce? What are your plans for the old farmhouse? Where are you living? I send you both my very best wishes. Portugal is beautiful.

[@NearbyVeggies]

So nice of you. We plan to restore the big house. We're in the Coimbra district.

[@julialeite6923]

Can you imagine what life would be for them on their farm if they were incompetent?

[@elisekuby2009]

I'm kind of wondering if it is possible to do threshing on olive branches to remove the fruit? This handpicking business seems laborious, and if you beat the branches with a hefty stick, will the olives not come off? Not ever seen a harvest, so I don't know.

[@NearbyVeggies]

We have a small olive grove and this is the way it's done here. There are mechanical shakers and rakes to remove the olives, but threshing is not a thing. Nets to collect the fallen olives is how it's done on small scale farms.

[@bergannon6585]

It's the best workout you will ever experience, fresh air, glorious sunshine, maybe if you're lucky, a guitarist playing while you enjoy lunch in the company of great people. Heaven.

[@NearbyVeggies]

As long as the guitarist is great 😉

[@NearbyVeggies]

It is indeed.

[@bergannon6585]

This brought back a lovely memory of when I volunteered to spend the day helping neighbours. It happened when I was living for 4 months in the mountains in Spain. After a long day of hard labour, great company and big delicious sandwiches, I showered, closed my bedroom shutters and crawled into bed. I slept for 14 hour's 🤣😴😴😴. I look forward to seeing how you approach this project next year and no I'm not volunteering 🤣. Stay healthy and safe. Love from Ireland ☘️🎄☘️

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you for sharing. It’s a tough job and makes us appreciate every drop of olive oil. 😊

[@remcovanandel2976]

Good job guys !! Greats from central Portugal

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks a lot!

[@remcovanandel2976]

@@NearbyVeggies where are you living in Portugal ?! We are in vila de Rei !! And we are from Holland !

[@NearbyVeggies]

We’re in the Coimbra district. 😊

[@LCamp-cr7fs]

That was indeed a lot of work! A couple of liters of olive oil is nothing to sneeze at though. And Yes, I know not to eat olives right from the tree, lucky!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Remember, Dan said he’s going to turn some of the wood into bowls too! A bonus 😊

[@LCamp-cr7fs]

@@NearbyVeggies I have an olive wood salt bowl with with an opening for a little spoon. It has a lid that pivots and has a magnet embedded to keep it closed. The salt never cakes because the wood help it breathe and dry.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Beautiful wood

[@李磊-j3o]

大自然

[@NearbyVeggies]

👍

[@suzzie5164]

We lived off grid in Spain for 6 years, had 250 olive trees & we started harvesting in November & finished in Feb/March time working every weekend, I've never seen people harvest olives like you did, chopping down so much, we used little yellow olive combs to get the olives off the trees (in Spain) & only trim trees a little each year but do alternative trees so you still get a harvest next year. We took them to the village & got them pressed each year 👍 did you get yours pressed ? Or did you pickle them(soak in brine)? Your doing a great job!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Our local presses are only open until December (At least that's what we've noticed over the past two olive seasons. You're right about the little combs. They're used here too. Most people use their hands to remove the olives from the cut branches. Some of the pruning is done during the harvest season and the rest people do later (since Christmas until now) Our trees are too tall so they're being taken down in height (a few each year.) This year many people did not harvest at all as the weather was extremely wet following an extreme drought. The yields were low and the olives ripened early and fell to the ground with the heavy rain. Our trees will take time to produce really good crops again. Over time, we will get more efficient at managing the land. Right now, we have a lot going on with restoring the quinta's terraces and planting and clearing. The land will one day be a beautiful place. We are enjoying our small achievements and learning from our Portuguese neighbours.

[@EnriqueLopez-lf8qm]

Nice to have the firewood from the garden. Olive branches are dense and I found that they are really good for firewood.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Yes they are! Olive wood give out great heat and lasts.

[@dollydots17]

More videos

[@NearbyVeggies]

Coming up.🙂

[@LeeJonesNPT]

I had no idea about the Olives and i am trying to get fruit off my Olive tree in my garden here in S Wales, thanks for the info and keep passing on your tips. I am loving your channel, keep up the good work.

[@NearbyVeggies]

All the best with your olive harvest. Thank you 😊

[@lolitabonita08]

question?? WHy do u chop the tree...don't u use a stick to hit the tree and bring down the olives>>> Please educate me in thanks

[@NearbyVeggies]

Pruning is all part of the harvest process. We are hard pruning some trees because they are way too tall to harvest in the future. It will take a few years to get them into shape.

[@greenthumb6241]

Another beautiful video but please do not over do and hurt yourselves . I grew up in California , there were olives everywhere but only a couple of people I knew made brined olives . There are still many olive trees as they are popular for landscaping but most are males or people have their trees sprayed so they don't develop fruit . I bet the Portuguese find this appalling ! I saw on The Portugal Project a mini olive press -looked like a time consuming job but interesting if you only have a small amount of olives . Nice to see you enjoying yourselves with the cake as they say everything in moderation including moderation:)

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you. The olives are going to the lagar for processing. We're not dedicated to doing everything ourselves. Brining is something we wanted to do until I started selecting the olives and realised how difficult it was to find a perfect olive. And the moderation of cake is moderated. :-)

[@flowersflowers473]

@@NearbyVeggies Do you grow your olives organically? I heard i the lagar everything gets mixed, so you get oil from olives trees that have been sprayed. Do you find that to be an issue?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We grow completely without chemicals not even organically approved. We haven’t seen any spraying of olive trees near us. It’s mostly small subsistence farming around here. We chose to live in an are with no big commercial growing operations for that very reason. Yes, the lagar gives mixed oil if your harvest is too small to run the press for your harvest but we’re fine with that. We’re doing our bit.

[@jodye613]

I love your videos. I am living somewhat vicariously through your humor in the face of adversity and much hard work in living your dream. I myself have always wanted to do something like what you have had the courage to do. I wish you the best in your endevours and hope you are able to realize your dreams!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you so much, Jody. May your wishes come true. 😊

[@costaszogas1807]

It looks like you need a pole chain. It would make your pruning work so much easy and enjoyable.

[@NearbyVeggies]

It certainly would. Thank you 😊

[@gracedossantos2136]

I'm not understanding why you are pruning the olive trees.

[@NearbyVeggies]

They are overgrown and too tall. 😊

[@martinleonard386]

hey guys try letting some air out of the rear tyres if there 40pbi take down to 30 and if 30 then 20 only for off road !!

[@NearbyVeggies]

We thought about that later when we were we were having a glass of wine 🍷👍😊

[@coby6417]

👏🌟🍀👍💐

[@NearbyVeggies]

😊

[@kiritnaik3099]

Pruning and Harvesting too now mulching all unusable tree trunks and leaves in soil

[@NearbyVeggies]

Good stuff

[@mireadossantos4610]

You're doing a good job. I admire you for your hard work at the farm, you're really enjoying it 😄. I'd love to be able to do the same. I'm living in Scotland at the moment and it has been quite a challenge for me. It's cold 🥶, very little Sun and many grey days. I hope one day to be able to go back to Portugal. Sorry my curiosity, but where is your farm located exactly?

[@NearbyVeggies]

Hi Mirea, we’re in the west of Coimbra. Delighted you’re enjoying the videos and hope you make it back here. 😊

[@mireadossantos4610]

Hi, I'm really enjoying your videos. Thank you for answering my question. I gathered for what it grows around your farm would be by Coimbra. I'm glad you're enjoying your time in Portugal. It's a lot of work I know, but at the same time with a lot of rewards, I hope. God bless you.

[@kristinal.4285]

Hello. Lovely vid, just came across it whilst searching about olive tree harvesting. Mind me asking what do you do with all those olives in the end? Surely you can't consume them all, if a single tree can give up to 50 kg of fruit? How do you find customers? Or do the buyers find you instead? Any contracts directly with olive oil producers?

[@NearbyVeggies]

We use the olives for olive oil. We get about 1 litre of oil from 10kg of olives.

[@kristinal.4285]

Thank you!

[@annebarr9314]

That you're not skinny is one of the real things about this blog

[@NearbyVeggies]

😊 It sure is.

[@waynejones750]

I didn’t have a clue😂

[@NearbyVeggies]

You’re in good company 🤫

[@Susan.I]

I had no idea that you cut the olive branches off to harvest the olives!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

You don't have to when you have trees that are a normal harvest height, but they do need to be pruned so it makes it easier to pick the olives.

[@diegozenizo3647]

I didn't know that aout black olives; i've eaten green ones without a problem. .

[@NearbyVeggies]

Fresh off the tree?

[@diegozenizo3647]

@@NearbyVeggies Oh yes, fresh from the tree, just raw or accompanied by bread.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Wow. You are superman 😊

[@dansovocool4850]

I have known that one cannot eat raw olives for about 1 minute; learned it on this vid. Muito obrigado. Timely information, too. We are buying a few acres in Leiria district and will have a few olive trees. We’re excited about our return to “farming”, and realize that we’ve got a lot to learn.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Glad it was helpful! Excellent. Good luck with your plans.

[@dansovocool4850]

@@NearbyVeggies My wife is also from the west of Ireland (Westport, Co. Mayo). I’m American. If you’re ever in Leiria, let us know. We’ll be moving to time Santa Margarida (between Colmais and Memória) this spring.

[@dansovocool4850]

Moving this spring

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you. 😊

[@rubennogueira9785]

U should do a QNA . love the vid

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you for the idea. Sergey.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Changed your name to Ruben!

[@fatimamoura1226]

Olá , sou portuguesa, vivo no Porto e gosto mm. de natureza, parabéns por virem para Portugal e amarem o meu País, obrigado. Vocês são um casal cheio de força para levarem tanto trabalho árduo com tanta alegria e esperança . Cheguei ontem ao vosso canal e já ví alguns videos e gostei muito, força! Para frente é que é o caminho.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Bem-vindo e muito obrigado 😊

[@rhondalane17]

You guys are awesome!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you 😊

[@Susan.I]

The pastry looks good!!

[@NearbyVeggies]

Delicious.

[@mm.6991]

Nice work, 😍😘

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@brigittekwetina9091]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️😍❤️😁

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thank you.

[@marysemazeres1430]

Hello, from south west france. when I was young, I lived 5years in corsica picking olives we where told how to prepare them, either you dry them, last on of the season, they don't remain bitter when dry, we brough them to the mill to make oil, the better oil, because their isn't any moisture left in them. when fresh and black, we put them in water with wood ash for 2weeks, before rincing and putting them in clear water, before oiling them in jares, with herbs we found in the maquis in corsica. .

[@NearbyVeggies]

Fabulous information. Thank you.

[@flowersflowers473]

I didn’t realise either till after watching all these videos on KZbin - that’s the problem with buying olives off a supermarket shelf, and never encountering them in their native state😂

[@NearbyVeggies]

It's quite an eye opener and makes you think twice about complaining about the price of olive oil or nuts when you see how tough it is to harvest and process these items even on an industrial scale.

[@fdfac]

This is what a charmed life looks like.

[@NearbyVeggies]

Thanks.