Our First Olive Harvest - Living in Italy

In this video we will be sharing with you our very first olive harvest of the trees that came with our property and from our most recent purchase! We harvest 27 trees and yield about 8 gallons (just over 25 litres) of fresh pressed olive oil!!

[@rickunknown7832]

Ill glady help you harvest next year if needed. As a child growing up as first generation italian i learned the process of making wine and olive oil from my parents right here in Washington State fifty years the old fashioned way. Dad would be 101 today and moms still yelling orders at 92. Some things you never forget.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We would love to have you help us, it's really a fun few days although the work is harder than people realize. Our neighbor is an old farmer who does exactly that, make his own wine and presses his own oil (among many other things). You'd feel like you went back to your childhood if you saw him I'm sure.

[@RetirementTravelers]

So fun seeing the olive oil from the olives we saw on the trees! Merry Christmas! 🎄🇲🇹

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Merry Christmas guys!

[@awaken24]

Thank you for sharing this video The cat was right there to help you 🥰

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

So glad you enjoyed it 💞🇮🇹

[@roxythefoxsayfurismurderan3187]

Absolutely love olive trees, olives and their oil ever since I can remember but after my first trip to Europe, Greece, 1996, I knew I had to live in an olive growing region. I distinctly remember sitting on a shaded balcony every day just before siesta, eating a bowl of olives. After moving to Spain in 2006, I was overjoyed to eat olives every day as well as olive oil. We not only had olive trees in a yard, but also lemon, fig, pepper and an array of herbs. After I moved out of the city in China and had my own garden, I decided to buy a couple of baby olive trees. That’s when I learned that they actually have blossoms. Unfortunately, they are still too young to produce olives and I have to move them indoors due to the cold winters. Criteria for my house in Europe is a garden big enough for at least one olive tree so I’m so jealous that you have your very own olive grove now.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

It really was so much fun picking our own olives and watching them turn into oil💞

[@wildlife579]

Wonderful video ! Thank you tò stay in italy

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

So glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@kirstencook3272]

Awesome! I see Chimay is following The Cat Manual Chapter 12: Always Be Involved in Important Tasks So Your People Know You Care. 🐈‍⬛ 😁

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

He is such an imp😂🤣😂

[@Ricardoseb]

that was awesome guys, I've never seen the pressing process, loved it, will swing by for my gallon of olive oil soon!

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

So glad you enjoyed our video 💞 Your oil will be waiting for you!

[@Romualdomgn84]

Thank you for this lovely episode. Please, keep up doing this Italian-story-videos. Quite interesting to see another culture and how newcomers undergo new experience.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you so much!

[@yvetteraymond9673]

What a wonderful video. We are new to your channel and so enjoying it! We will be in Umbria in late april. My husband and I are visiting to look at moving there. We would love to chat with you both and maybe take you to dinner.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Welcome to our channel! We'd love to meet up with you in April!!! Please contact through our email listed in our profile and let's set something up.

[@brianfilkowski]

Absolutely incredible. I am so glad to see your progress. You will definitely have my two hands to help you in the future. 43 days until my closing in February! I will keep you posted.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We will be looking forward to your help 😁 Yes please, keep us posted !!!!

[@emilycadamagnani7887]

This was a lot of fun to see a start to finish process for making Olive Oil. Thanks for sharing!

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you so much for watching! We're so glad you enjoyed our video, we truly had a blast!

[@user-pl4ef6ws6y]

반갑습니다! 훌륭하신 전원주택에 사시네요. 건강하십시요 👍

[@mndad2201]

How interesting to watch that whole process. Lots of work but i imagine it is rewarding as well.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Totally fun work though💞🇮🇹

[@Rashmibhattachan]

Hi Debbie and Stijn, I watched both the videos of your olive grove and harvest and I must say I'm super impressed with your passion and dedication! A little over $5000 for one acre land with 15 olive trees??? omg! pls sign me up too on the list of ppl interested in buying an orchard or an olive grove! I've been thinking of moving to northern california but the more I watch videos based in Italy and the more i hear fro Americans how amazing life is out there, the more I'm inclined to chuck the idea of moving to the expensive california! Anyways, looking forward to meeting you both and try the gorgeous looking olive oil that you harvested. Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences! Rashmi from Minnesota

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

5,000 euros was certainly a great deal, and so close to our house! We really lucked out! Looking forward to the day we can share some of our oil with you, it is pretty delicious 😋😋

[@CraigandMandy1]

It’s good to see you both doing well. We hope once we start our overseas retirement journey next year we meet up with you sometime.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We would love that!!! 💞

[@susanvp4685]

Fascinating video. I want to see you dip some Italian bread in that lovely green olive oil!! Yum!❤️🇨🇦

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you! It is so delicious!

[@kellykrumdick3178]

Such an exciting adventure. Thanks for sharing❤

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

It really is fun picking your own olives and watching them turn into oil. Thank you so much for watching 💞🇮🇹

[@leighevans1394]

So exciting for you :)

[@teresacesario6247]

That's SO wonderful to learn!

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Glad you enjoyed learning how to process olives into oil💞

[@PostcardAndAPint]

How satisfying! I bet your olive oil tastes extra good this year. That was hard work! What a process. Cheers 🍻

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

It's delicious! Come on over and get yours😊

[@mackenzie1512]

Great job guys. Remember you neighbors wine well...😉 Can't wait to pick up one of those bottles of oil in the new year! Happy holidays 😘

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We can't wait to give you one! Buon Natale 💞🇮🇹

[@havechopstickswilltravel2990]

Great video. Greater harvest. That is a valid bribe for your friends and family to visit. We will be scouting Algarve area and will be sure to require olive trees on the property for sure. Love your videos. Thank you.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Awww, thank you so much 💞🇮🇹 We're so glad you are enjoying our videos 💞🇮🇹

[@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers]

Day in the life would be fun! What an incredible intricate process! Congratulations on your yield! WOW! Love love this video! ~Cara 😊

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We're so happy you enjoyed our video! We have been thinking about doing "A Day in the Life" ☺️ It will definitely be after the first of the year. Hope you two are doing well and we wish you a very Merry Christmas 💞🇮🇹

[@talesfromtuscany]

Ciao Debbie and Stijn! It was great meeting you and right in the middle of your olive harvest too! Sorry that we couldn't stay behind and help you pick! That end result looks awesome and I can't wait to get more involved in these wonderful traditions, as we spend more and more time in our new Tuscan home. Wishing you a very Merry Umbrian Christmas! 🥰😍🤩🎄🎆

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

It was so great to finally meet you! Maybe next year you can help! Buon Natale 💞🎄🎁🎀

[@talesfromtuscany]

@@ouritaliandestiny7955 that would be so much fun! Fingers crossed! Buon Natale lovely people 🥰😘🎄🎆🎀

[@evabloecher]

First of all HAPPY NEW YEAR to you both and now I got the time to watch your wonderful video. It feels a long time since I saw a video from you and I enjoyed every bit of it. It was sooo interesting to see the process with your beautiful olives and YES please lots of videos where we follow your (new) life in Italy, also the pruning of the olive and other trees. Your videos are always so good, thank you.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Happy New year 🎉🥂🎊

[@JayandTanyaTravel]

That was fun. We're surprised you got so many olives off that one tree. And, the pressing process was really interesting, kind of like how we used to press tallow out of the concentrate at my dad's meat processing plant when I was a kid. Have fun and a great Christmas.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We were thrilled with how many olives we ended up with! It was a great harvest! Wishing you both a very Merry Christmas 🎄🤶🎁🌲✨

[@christinehedary1491]

Its been fun watching you guys in your new home in Italy, once day, I would love to retire in Italy, so I am trying to learn bits and pieces from different youtubers online in Italy. I see Marisa Raoul commented on your channel and I follow her too. Anyway, you can count me to visit, but I will work for my stay, I will help you guys harvest your olives, work in the garden, I can do the cooking everyday, I love cooking and love baking bread as well. So yes, I want to visit to get some olive oil :)

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Oh cool! We look forward to that day! We got to meet Marisa, she stopped by on one of our harvest days!

[@LifewithArhamShehzad]

Good sharing

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you!

[@JennyAlaman]

Hello there interesting tips how to harvest olive regards to your cousin

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We're glad you enjoyed our video💞

[@carloesposito8003]

very hard job...but the result will be amazing!!!! congratualtion

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you!

[@johnoliva6357]

Hey there friends. We're planning a trip soon and would like to see you two. we will work for food, lol.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

That would be awesome!

[@rikaverhaeghe1020]

Zeer interessante video.🥰

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

So glad you enjoyed it!!

[@LifewithArhamShehzad]

Hi watching from Pakistan😊🇵🇰

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@lyngordon7282]

Everything looks just perfect! Do you keep some of the olives to eat also? I"m curious too if your neighbors speak English or you Italian to understand the technical terms of the process? Best wishes for many more productive harvests!

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you ! The olive trees we have are just for making oil. Our neighbors speak absolutely no English, but Stijn speaks very well italian now.

[@lyngordon7282]

@@ouritaliandestiny7955 Grazie molto per la tua risposta ! I'll be checking out more of your videos!

[@pattiporco8598]

Great video! I love seeing the olive oil process. Are the different colors of olives due to different levels of ripeness?

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thanks! I think the different colors is more the type of tree it is. The variation of colors is what gives the oil its unique taste which is a bit peppery☺️

[@micheles.3587]

Debbie and Stijn, it is so fun watching you two and your adventures. My husband and I have friends that are Italian and we try to visit there when possible. Is there an email for you two? You have a shot of an agriturismo that a friend of ours runs and wanted to see if you stayed there. Can’t wait to see your future in umbria. For some reason that place and landscape is my fav, so can’t blame you for buying a home there. ☀️🇮🇹

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thanks for your comment, we absolutely love it here and are always happy to see others enjoy it as much as we do. Our email is listed on our youtube profile tab actually. Which agriturismo are you referring to?

[@micheles.3587]

Thank you for getting back to me. I’m so sorry if I missed that email and will check it out. My husband and I have been streaming some of your episodes and some others, as we are interested in checking out the Dolomites. We really enjoy you guys, so I thought I would send a message. The place I am referring to is in Pienza, and I will look for the email for more information. So happy for you guys and Grazie Mille! ☀️☕️

[@micheles.3587]

I am not finding but possibly due to the fact I am viewing on cell vs computer. If you stayed at one in pienza I will send further info as you may have simply taken a photo of it 😍. Ciao!

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

@@micheles.3587 I'm thinking it's just a shot. We have stayed in Pienza. Beautiful town though💞 Our email is [e-mail] We're looking forward to hearing from you💞

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Sorry, "have not" stayed in Pienza 😂

[@franciscafazzo3460]

Why can't I do this lifestyle? I'm retired I used to be stationed at every on airbase my grandparents are Italian I would love to do what you're doing along side friends and

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

It's really a choice you make. We were actually traveling full-time when we hit Umbria. We got here, fell in love and decided we could live here! It's been wonderful, without a plan😊

[@sabsa473]

Hi, I have been watching your videos and subscribed to your channel because we are from Los Angeles, California and thinking to buy a house and move there to Italy. We have few questions for you to help us from your experience, would you mind answering us?

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We would love to try and answer any questions you may have💞🇮🇹

[@judykilger4950]

What type of bottle do you put the olive oil in? How long is the shelf life?

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We put it in dark green glass as gifts but store it in a stainless steal "jug" of sorts. Shelf is a few years as long as it's in dark container. It's a daily staple here in Italy so it doesn't last long!

[@ammarkhan_8]

93 like 👍 amazing content my new friend 💟 stay blessed always 🤗 be connected 👍🤝🔔🤗 please ❤️

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Thank you!

[@tracyblack9983]

Can you also cure the olives to eat besides making olive oil?

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Only with a certain type of olive tree. We don't have any of those but our neighbors do and we picked those and actually did that!

[@viaggi3945]

Hi there, got a question for you, wondering if you can provide feedback. I have bought a place in Italy, but having hard time opening bank account as USA citizen. Do you have and advise and suggestions. Thank you.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We used Unicredit here in Umbria, not sure where your house is and if Unicredit has branches over there but it's worth a try. Beware that for non-residents all banks charge relatively astronomical fees (about 30 euro per month) so definitely look into options like Revolut. We do not have a Revolut account (never have had one either) but it seems to be popular. Once you become a resident the monthly fees drop significantly to about 10 euro.

[@johnfcangcan3778]

Hey guys I have 150 trees I am also new on this in Turkey I had so hard time with sticks Now I am looking to get a battery powered Picker , you know where they sell the best one they sell not Chinese one , I here best one they have in Italy ?

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

We haven't bought one yet. Not sure we like them😊

[@stijnt2377]

I would look at agrieuro, they have several good brands.

[@maryr7593]

Do you have a link for the netting? Tried looking online and all I get is bird netting.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

If you're in Italy I would search online for 'reti per raccolta olivi'

[@maryr7593]

@@ouritaliandestiny7955 I'm in US. Tried looking up netting for olive harvest, online searches keep getting me to bird netting. I don't have olive trees but can see the netting useful for other things....where tarps just don't work. Was curious if you had a link on your nearest amazon provider or similar equivalent....

[@abpositive6058]

Any seasonal job there?

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

Every October/November 😂

[@abpositive6058]

@@ouritaliandestiny7955 can you guys do a flussi for me? 😊

[@BestTajir]

Hello, please can I get a chance job in your farming ?

[@renatomacchi2195]

These properties should only be sold to other Italians of those in Italy or from countries where themselves or their parents and grand parents emigrated to decades ago and who want to live in Italy and not to foreigners. I hope that the new government will make it harder for foreigners to live in Italy and buy properties. And even being a EU Citizen a person must find a job within three months or demonstrate that he/she has sufficient moneys to self support.

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

All very good points. Trouble these days is the younger italians want to live in the cities and don't particularly want to be responsible for harvesting olives. That's why they are selling houses for 1 euro, the younger generations have left. As for Stijn, who is an EU citizen and who just became an Italian resident this week, is very interested in perma culture and basically lives on his new olive grove property. Something this property needed, someone to love it and bring it back to life. I, Debbie am of italian descent, my great grandparents immigrated to America in the early 1900's from Sicily. And we live here!

[@awaken24]

Debbie can you WhatsApp me. I am no longer on social media

[@ouritaliandestiny7955]

I don't think I have your number😕