[heirloomtomaguy]

I thought yall might like to see how I made olive oil for the first time. I did not use a store bought press but rather my own poor man press. It worked really well and was super easy. Here in Southern California olive trees are like citrus and avocado trees.....they are on every corner. I found a couple dozen trees in a Parkway where no one lives....virtually no man's land. I picked these trees since I did not have to ask permission before harvesting the olives. Now I do not know how to tell the different varieties of olives apart but these particular olives were leaching oil hanging on the tree. The trees were loaded so harvesting get was a breeze. We filled a 5 gallon bucket in around 2 hours. Below are pics and descriptions.