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Olive picking (not pickling)

In Greek olive groves the owners tend to cover the ground with heavy duty
black polypropylene netting (I think it's that compound), which catches
the naturally falling olives and stops them spoiling on the ground. In at
least some places, the actual picking is done with a sort of large
comb-like tool, which is drawn along the leafy twigs to knock off the
riper olives, which fall into the nets. Once a picking session is over,
the olives can be swept and rolled into piles on the nets (with a broom,
or by tweaking the nets), and then scooped into containers.

Such nets might not prevent purple stains on your paving, but they let the 
water through if it rains and dry very quickly afterwards.

Nick.

Nick Turland
Flora of China Project, Missouri Botanical Garden, 
PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA.
Email: NTurland@Lehmann.mobot.org
Tel.: (314) 577-0269 (direct line, voice mail)
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