In recent years, it seems increasingly difficult to find spaces where agriculture and rural work are widespread. Where it is done in a natural and pedagogical way is on TV Aragón, thanks to the program ‘The field is ourswhich features testimonies and explanations from the real protagonists.
In one of the last installments, the program spoke with the farmer Javier Graciawho explained some interesting facts about the olive tree, such as those related to temperatures and seasonal changes, and how they affect them: “He says he feels cold when temperatures are below 10 degrees. When the first frosts arrive, the olive tree stops growing until the end of March, when spring arrives and the good weather arrives, and in June is when the flower comes out.”
‘The fields are ours’
This farmer usually works with olives Romal Azody, which defends many of its characteristics: “It is an olive that has a lot of fat and gives a lot of yield. It’s always between red and yellow. “It takes a lot for her to turn completely black.”
The farmer explained to Aragon TV cameras how he takes care of his olive trees: he carries out traditional pruning and collects the fruits with a vibrating machinewho shakes the tree and makes the olives fall for the harvest.
‘The fields are ours’
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Javier also took stock of the season, highlighting the effects of the weather on the harvest: “In August I was scared because there were a lot of olives, it wasn’t raining and, with the drought, the olives were getting very small, but then with the cold they started gaining. The yield is a little low because there was a lack of water in August and Septemberwhich are the months when the most oil is produced. In July the pit forms, and in August and September is when the olive produces more oil; in October it continues producing until the cold arrives.” According to his calculations, The harvest would last until the end of February.
