Workshop: Harvesting & Processing Olives
Mon, Oct 25
|Podentes
Do you have an olive grove or a few olive trees in your backyard? Would you like to know how to pick your olives and transform them into oil or pickled products? Come and learn with us! We are currently harvesting our two olive groves -about 80 trees!


Time & Location
Oct 25, 2021, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Podentes, 3230-530 Podentes, Portugal
About the Event
Do you have an olive grove or a few olive trees in your backyard?
Would you like to know how to pick your olives and transform them into oil or pickled products?
Come and learn with us! We are currently harvesting our two olive groves -about 80 trees!
We produce a fantastic organic oil and a few barrels of pickled olives which you can taste too.
In this hands-on workshop you will:
- Learn about the equipment you need for a small production (1 to 1000 kg), and how to use it. - How to set up your nets, pick your olives by hand or with a manual or mechanized olive comb. - How to cut fruit-bearing branches and trim your trees in preparation for next year's production. - How to clean the olives - How to cure them for consumption or how to preserve them until milling - How to make a brine, and...