Berba maslina / Olives Harvest Time

Olives Harvest Time in Croatia

Ne mogu odoliti, a da ne podijelim ove fotografije sa vama.

I can't resist to show you these photos.

Prošli vikend smo brali masline.

Last weekend we 've spent picking up olives.

Ovaj  stari maslinik pripada mojoj mami,

a masline je sadio dida moje babe,

dakle moj šukundjed, tko zna koje godine....

This old olives belong to my mother,

olives were planted by my grandmother's grandfather,

my greatgreatgrandfather that is, who knows how many years ago...

Tu ima i nekih mladih maslinica koje će rod dati tek za koju godinu.

There are some young olive trees, 
that are supposed to have yield in few years.

Ove godine su masline stvarno dobro rodile.

This year's yield was really really great.

Mi nastojimo ne brati masline dok su sve zelene,

odnosno čekamo dok većina sazori.

We are tending not to pick them up while they are all green, 

we are waiting for most of them to mature.

Sjećam se, kad sam bila mala,
dida nas je vodio u branje još kasnije, krajem studenog.
A onda je znalo biti burno. I hladno.

I remember, when I was a child,
my grandpa used to take us picking up olives much later on, 
by the end of November,
It was windy by then. And cold.

Volim branje u ovo doba godine,
nije zima, boravak u polju je prava uživancija.

I love this time of the year,
it is no cold yet, and is quite a pleasure to spend days in fields.

Vrijeme nas je poslužilo ove godine.

The weather served us right this year.

Kao i  većini obitelji,
svi idemo u branje.

Like in most of the families,
we all go into fields.

 

Kad je ekipa dobra,

pravi je gušt brati :)

When the team is right,

it is a day well spent :)

Pošto nemamo maslina više nego što nam treba za vlastite potrebe,
beremo ručno.

Since we are small farmers, and grow olives for our personal use only,
we pick them up manually.

Ispod masline prostremo tendu,
mislim da većina ljudi tako bere, bar u našim krajevima.
Kad se određena maslina pobere,
tenda se skupi i sav se sadržaj (i masline i lišće) prebaci u vreće.

We usually lay the canvas underneath the olive tree,
that's how the most of the people around here does it.
When a certain tree is finished,
we  gather the canvas and drop all there is (and olives and leaves) into sacks.

Rukom beremo masline i puštamo da padaju na tlo,
odnosno na ceradu.

We gather olives by hand and let them fall on the ground,
on the canvas, that is.

Ovaj suncobran je "patentirani"  :)  izum moga ujca,
njega razapnemo ispod sredine stabla,
gdje pod nije dobro prekriven ceradom.

This parasol is my uncle's " patented"  :)  invention ,
we open it beneath the middle of the tree,
where the ground is not well covered by the canvas.

Dok se maslina bere,
usput se i režu stare garne.

While the olive tree is being gathered,
at the sam time, some old branches are being cut off.

Kad je stablo previsoko,
koristimo se skalama /ljestvama.
Ipak, nastojimo da stabla ne budu previsoka.

We tend not to let olive trees to grow really high.
But, when certain tree gets higher,
we use ladder.

Netko se više voli koristiti ovakvim grabljicama nego prstima.

nemam ništa protiv ovog pomagala,

samo što skida i dosta lišća.

Somebody uses this little rakes beter then fingers.

I don't mind this kind of tool,

just it gatheres a lot of leaves, too.

Savršena grana.

A perfect branch.

Savršeni plodovi Majke Prirode.

Perfect gifts of Mother Nature.

Naravno, najbolji dio dana u polju je ručak.
Moje udarnice uživaju u kratkoj pauzi.

Of course, the best part of a day spent in fields is lunch time.
My hard-working girls enjoying short break.

Vrijeme je bilo toliko toplo,
da se i sama priroda zbunila.
Ovaj vrisak (vrijesak) je ponovno procvjetao.

The wather was that much warm, even the nature itself was confused.
This Winter savory has bloomed once again.

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Kad se dođe kući,
masline se iskreću iz vreća i odvajaju se od lišća.

Back home,

olives get out of sacks and need to be separated from the leaves.

Obično se koristi ovakva "moderna" naprava;
drveni okvir sa letvicama između kojih je razmak dovoljan da propadne lišće,
ali ne i same masline.
Ali, tu i tamo propadne i koja maslinica :)

It is common to use this "modern" gadget;
wooden framework and slats with gaps in 
between them wide enough for leaves to get through, but not the olives.
But, some of the olives get through now and then :)

Ovoliko je maslina imala mama ove godine.
Nije loše. Uopće.

Dok se čeka na preradu,
masline se stave u posude sa morem ili sa običnom vodom u koju se stavi morska sol.
Tako se masline neće pokvariti.

This is how much olives my Mom had this year.
Not bad. Not bad at all.

Untill the time of the further processing,
olives are held in sea water or drinking water with the addition of sea salt,
so the olives don't spoil.

Priroda me svaki put iznova iznenadi.
Ove masline su zaista veličanstven prizor, zar nije tako?

Nature amaze me over and over.
These olives are quite a magnificent scene, don't you think?

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And how these olives are processed into olive oil,
read HERE

 

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