As you know we have had 4 days of t-shirt weather, but today, although the sky is blue there is a cold wind blowing and the forecast for the coming week is much of the same. Seems to be part of a northern european weather-front coming here again...we usually have good weather in January and expect it to be wet and windy in Feb and March but this year has proved to be the exception.
The almond blossom is coming out, the hills around us look like they have cotton wool balls on, from white through to pink.
Another mill trip today, although less kgs because we had a strange mix of trees. Some small with less yield, some enormous but old and difficult to reach and with a lot of dead wood and so not many olives for the size of tree. Sometimes you feel like you spend more time moving nets than you do harvesting. When you consider each net is 8m x 5m (and we have 3 to move) and then they need tying/pegging to a tree or post so the olives don't roll off, each time you move tree you also have to move your sacks, saws, chainsaw, buckets, sticks, water bottles - it's hot thirsty work - dog and his blanket (his contribution to the day is to watch and sleep) and at the end of the day all the sacks have to be taken up to the car. We were carrying them but now pull them directly up the bankings - shorter route and less strain on the legs! I was going to call this post "the olive harvest weight loss plan" as I have needed to tighten my belt and after almost 4 weeks of harvest have lost at least as many lbs.
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