permaculture

[Birgitta Piel <lillebamaine@yahoo.com>]

Would it be possible to grow olive trees in New
England (mid-coast Maine, to be exact) if they were
protected in some way?  It snows in Tuscany, after
all...

I'm interested in the fruit as much as growing them to
please the eye.

Barbara Birgitta Piel
Rockport ME

--- Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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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