Olive Picking and Crushing in the Biblical Gardens

On Wednesday October 17th, we picked the olive trees on the grounds to prepare for the olive crushing the next week. It was very dirty, but fun work! Several people were up in trees and we got in a couple olive throwing fights! Good times!

After a couple more olive picking sessions over the next couple of days, we participated in olive crushing on October 22 using the tools in the Biblical gardens. We each took turns pushing the large wheel to crush the olives. The crushed olives were then put in large flat baskets and placed underneath a press. It was really a neat experience and we all had a lot of fun!