Lujos, meaning "luxuries". We make olive oil products from our farm in Spain
I’ve had questions from both my little sis and my daughter as to the sad state of my blogging lately! Yeah, I know – very remiss of me! I do have a couple of valid excuses, but then I would, wouldn’t I?
I promise, full service to be resumed tomorrow, and even video footage of the olive harvest!
Today was almost the end of me! No, nothing serious, I just found it incredibly difficult. The terrain was awful – both very hilly, and full of rocks. Hence my right knee and ankle were complaining all day!
But it was a good day despite my problems! We picked about 140 kilos, and once again the olives were gorgeous. And the trees full of them! And it was sunny, warm, with blue skies, and no wind! You really couldn’t ask for better weather for working outdoors, even though such a warm day in December seems very odd to us.
2 more days to go, then we are finished with the first press. Roll on, Christmas!
You’ll note that the ‘harvest’ blogs don’t occur every day! Probably not surprising – I usually finish up the day not caring what happens in my world, much less the www!
It’s been a very, very hard week. But very worthwhile. As of tonight, we have plenty for a good pressing – give us a few more days of picking, and we will have a huge, fabulous press! Like, 900 kilos worth! (US friends – a kilo is 2.2 pounds, I am too tired to do the math!)
If not for the hail in September, we would have had our best crop ever. As it is, at the very least we will have a huge first press, with great olives. Any luck, after Christmas, another press – or at least sell enough olives to pay for the pressing!
And we get all the fresh air, clean water, exercise and food you could ever want. Not a bad trade for the sore muscles!
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