KFredenburg's blog: Olive Tree Sadness and Joy

Well, I was walking in garden today, and I just quick-checked my olive trees. My husband just trimmed one of them, and the other's leaves are just lush green. And olives are coming out on both.

Now, you may say: "Why is there sadness in this?"

It's because I don't know how to pit them and make them edible haha. I've tried researching it, but nothing really comes/came up. Also, I don't exactly know what type of olive tree I have, I just know it's a common one.

I guess knowing which olive tree it is would help researching a LOT. In fact, right after this I might ask fellow gardeners in the "ask a question forum".

Something I think about a lot is that one of the good things about eating your own olives is that it saves money! Olives are getting to be pretty expensive these days, and it's worth the little extra effort to do your own olives to save a few bucks.

If I ever find out how to make my olives edible, I might have to give some away because we get quite a bit every year. Hundreds and hundreds. So I might see about giving jars or cans of them away for free on this site if I ever to find out how to make them edible.

It was nice because when my husband trimmed the olive tree this year, we had many wildlife visitors (particularly turkey deer, finches, and sparrows, but there were also squirrels, other birds, and more!) because they didn't have to climb up or reach up into the tree in order to get the olives anymore! The olives had fallen down from the tree (and there were olives on the cut branches), so they could just munch and feast happily all day long!

Yes, I can't wait until I learn how to do my own olives. But until then, I can just marvel at the beauty of their flowers and green leaves.

I'll definitely make sure to keep you guys updated on the blooms this year with pics!

Happy gardening!

NOTE: If there are any grammar errors/regular errors then please feel free to tell me in the comments!

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