Not sure where you are, but there are olive presses scattered throughout California. You go there with your load, and they will give you the oil (and keep the pomace as well as some of your money). An olive press is much more complex and expensive than an apple press. It will be 10 years before you are up to 30-40 lbs of olives per tree per year (and those 100 lbs will give you only 10-20 lbs of oil, which is very little. My family of three uses 30-35 lbs a year. If you do the pressing yourself, you may only get 5-10 lbs). In the intervening time, I would just eat some fresh (fresh olives fried with a drop of oil and salt are wonderful, and not bitter at all while hot), freeze some (they are great in all sorts of stews and braised meates) and cure most of them. Middle Eastern friends do the curing in their bathtub. For bigger crops, water in May through July, but withhold water later.

Yes, the winter 2013-2014 was incredibly warm, and the summer was very rainy over there. Huge bugs pressure on the trees. It looks like this winter is going to be ultra-warm too, I have friends near Rome and they did not pick their olives, same as that guy in the article. Temps are in the 80s at the same latitude as Detroit, things are blooming left and right, so they may miss two years. I told them to get themselves some avocado plants to replace the fat in their diet.

I'm on my second glass Misto. First one lasted 3-4 years or so with occasional use. It works ok and its cheap enough where it is ok for me to replace every few years https://smile.amazon.com/Misto-Frosted-Glass-Bottle-Sprayer/dp/B00BRYL5SY/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=olive+oil+misto&qid=1568427462&s=gateway&sr=8-7

Olychick said that she wondered what Sciabica thought about all the orders. I placed my second order and told about this thread and sent them the link. This is what I got back: Hi Kate, I finally got to check the reviews. Thank you so much for everyone's kind words and your support of the Sciabica Family!! We always strive to exceed our customer's expectations. We firmly believe that we are not in the olive oil business, but in the Customer Happiness business. Hope all is well. Bianca Cordova I did the unthinkable and used the buttery olive oil in making my scrabbled eggs instead of butter. 😲 They were excellent! 🤗 They did taste a little different but I loved the back flavor.