Looks like it's gonna be a work weekend...

[CosmicCowboy]

I'm putting in a small (75 tree) olive orchard at the ranch and just did my material takeoff and ordered the pipe for the drip irrigation system...gonna go pick it up this afternoon and haul it down...

2600 feet of pipe!...:wow

That's gonna take a lot of beer.

[JudynTX]

So you'll be laying down pipe, huh? :D

[CosmicCowboy]

So you'll be laying down pipe, huh? :D

:lol

yup

[BacktoBasics]

Olives are fucking gross. I'd eat cock before olives.

[gatoloco]

Olives are fucking gross. I'd eat cock before olives.


have you ever had an olive?

[katyon6th]

Sounds major.

[CosmicCowboy]

Olives are fucking gross. I'd eat cock before olives.

Like grapes? I'm putting in about 100 vines too.

[katyon6th]

Plans to start a winery or what?

[CosmicCowboy]

Plans to start a winery or what?

More for personal use/fun at this point. If it turns out that this first batch of grapes does well and I'm pleased with the product results I've got plenty of room to go big time if I decide to go that way.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

have you ever had an olive?

If he has it was to get a very specific taste out of his mouth.

[TDMVPDPOY]

have you ever had an olive?

give him 2 to juggle in his mouth b4 chewing it down, he will love that taste of olives.....

[BacktoBasics]

Olives are salting and sour with a nasty after taste. Grapes are sweet and succulent like a nice little clit. Big difference.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Olives are salting and sour with a nasty after taste. Grapes are sweet and succulent like a nice little clit. Big difference.

come taste my testes then....

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Not a big fan of olive picking. Two days, four hundred trees, five guineas including me.

That wasn't fun, although not as bad as clearing a 5 acre onion field.

Plus, it now ensures a 10 gallon drum of fresh olive oil shipped every November for the rest of my life.

[mrsmaalox]

I love olives--kalamatas specifically.

You have a crew CC? Or are you on your own for such a big job?

[thispego]

That's not work, that's fun.

[JudynTX]

:lol

yup

Make sure it is laid down properly. :D

[CosmicCowboy]

I love olives--kalamatas specifically.

You have a crew CC? Or are you on your own for such a big job?

I will have a pilgrim from mexico to help me...plus I'm trying to rent a trencher attachment for my cat skid loader so I'm not planning to do much pick and shovel work.

[CosmicCowboy]

I love olives--kalamatas specifically.

I'm planting Mission, Manzanilla, Arbequina, and Pendolino.

[leemajors]

Olives are salting and sour with a nasty after taste. Grapes are sweet and succulent like a nice little clit. Big difference.

I would imagine that would have something to do with how they are brined and/or cured, and the type of olive.

[The Reckoning]

sounds like a lot of money

but alot less expensive than somebody else doing it for you

unless you mean your posting up with a lawnchair and watching them do it

hence, all the beer youll need

[CosmicCowboy]

sounds like a lot of money

but alot less expensive than somebody else doing it for you

unless you mean your posting up with a lawnchair and watching them do it

hence, all the beer youll need

ehh...pipe and fittings a little over $1000, the trees will be about $1000, say $500 more for equipment rental and labor...plus I'll probably high fence the area I'm putting the olives and grapes...maybe another grand there.

And no, I don't sit and watch...I will be running the skidloader/trencher and then running pipe. As for the beer, I am a professional at working and drinking at the same time. I'll probably spend the night there so I don't have to worry about driving.

Is it worth it? Heck, I don't know. I don't plan on selling anytime soon so I'm not sure how much value a mature olive orchard, fruit orchard, and vineyard will add to the value of the place when I decide to sell but I'm confident I can at least get the initial investment plus 10%/year back when it does sell.

It sure beats sitting at home and playing video games.