When Eric and I bought this property, the first ting we did was plant 250 olive trees. Long before we had a single chicken, we knew we wanted olive trees and to start a family tradition of harvesting and pressing our own olive oil. Well, the trees grew and last year we had our first crop. Our second olive picking was Nov. 15. We and lots of family and friends worked from 8:30 a.m.till 4 in the afternoon and only finshed half the field. That was enough to turn into 30 gallons of delicious olive oil the next day at Yolo Bulb Olive Press in Dixon.
Here are some pictures:
The olive grove
Our high-tech harvesting technique
Chicken farmer turned olive grower
Hey! What are those meat chickens doing over here!
I remember when you planted those trees and drove by them regularly. I wondered about the use of olive oil in soul food but figured , “hey, its Vacaville!…- .