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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. ~Winston Churchill
Yes, we're always ready to learn, but 2010 seemed to be a year of an awful lot of lessons. In fact, we just can't seem to let go of 2010, we're still picking olives. Still . . . picking . . . olives. First, they wouldn't ripen. Then, they all started ripening, but the weather wouldn't cooperate in order for us to pick them. Now, they're ripe and we're trying to get them picked, washed, sorted, crushed, maxalated, and pressed, in addition to gearing up for the 2011 things we need to be doing, like pruning the vines, which we did get done last weekend, except for three rows of Zin, which we'll finish with the last olive trees. I had originally estimated seven gallons of oil for the year. However, because I was such a newbie back then (and so much younger), I didn't know we'd lose a gallon or two due to the new mats. And yes, that's one of the valuable lessons -- never get new mats. We will, however, be ending the year with five to six gallons, which is not bad, considering the trees are only four years old, we didn't know what we were doing, and ran into equipment failures around every turn. As I do at the end of each post, I will commit to doing things better next go round. The equipment will be fixed, the olives will be bigger, riper, more delicious, and we will have rested by then and be ready for them in 2011. Cheers!
Yes, we're always ready to learn, but 2010 seemed to be a year of an awful lot of lessons. In fact, we just can't seem to let go of 2010, we're still picking olives. Still . . . picking . . . olives. First, they wouldn't ripen. Then, they all started ripening, but the weather wouldn't cooperate in order for us to pick them. Now, they're ripe and we're trying to get them picked, washed, sorted, crushed, maxalated, and pressed, in addition to gearing up for the 2011 things we need to be doing, like pruning the vines, which we did get done last weekend, except for three rows of Zin, which we'll finish with the last olive trees. I had originally estimated seven gallons of oil for the year. However, because I was such a newbie back then (and so much younger), I didn't know we'd lose a gallon or two due to the new mats. And yes, that's one of the valuable lessons -- never get new mats. We will, however, be ending the year with five to six gallons, which is not bad, considering the trees are only four years old, we didn't know what we were doing, and ran into equipment failures around every turn. As I do at the end of each post, I will commit to doing things better next go round. The equipment will be fixed, the olives will be bigger, riper, more delicious, and we will have rested by then and be ready for them in 2011. Cheers!
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