permaculture

[Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com>]

Strawberries are supposed to carry an olive disease, so wouldn't make a good 
groundcover.  Elaeagnus species would be good, as usual.  If you have hot 
summers with lots of light, olives can actually grow in the understory, as 
under the black locust mentioned, which would only cast light shade.
   
  I've been wondering about the best way to prune olives for harvesting.  It 
seems they would be best kept as hedges or living fences, even though they 
are so beautiful as trees.  Though many of the olives that fall to the ground 
have larvae in them, I wonder if you could rake these up or spread a tarp on 
top of them and then shake ripe olives off the tree for harvest.  I noticed 
this year that ripe olives cured faster and tasted better, and they fall off 
the tree more easily, as well.  Why do people like green olives?
   
  Good luck,
   
  Rain
   

                
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