Olive harvest

Here are pictures from our olive harvest today. The process is long but therapeutic. Tarps are laid out beneath each tree. Olives are harvested by combing the branches with a rake, gliding your hand along each branch (called milking) and my personal favorite: climbing the tree and shaking it with all your strength. Once all the olives fall to the tarp below its gathered up and put into buckets. After 500 kilos of olives are harvested, Mark (the farmer) will take them to the olive press.
The days are long. Starting at 6am and ending at 6pm. But we rest,eat and discuss our fascinations while laying in the shade of the olive trees.

Location:Neve Harim,Hatzor Haglilit,Israel