Do You Know When Olive Harvest Season Is?

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The olive tree follows nature’s rhythm—blooming in the spring like so many other plants on Earth. Its flowers are small, white, and plentiful. In early summer, the blossoms fall, leaving behind tiny green dots: baby olives.

Through the heat of summer, those olives slowly grow. The sun helps them develop, but it’s the fall rains that make them plump and full of flavor. By the heart of winter—when many trees sleep—the olive tree gives us its greatest gift. That’s when it’s harvest time.

It’s a beautiful process. A full circle. A full year.

And it makes you wonder… is that why we count the year in 12 months? Because that’s how long it takes to produce one of the most precious ingredients of the Mediterranean table?

A Brief Thought on Time and Olives
The idea of a 12-month calendar dates back to the Babylonians, who observed the moon’s cycles. Later, the Romans refined it into the solar-based calendar we use today. But even long before calendars existed, the olive tree was teaching us patience, care, and reward through a cycle of 12 moons.

Maybe time was always measured through nature—through growth, through harvest, through taste.

Want to experience the magic yourself?
At Yiotis Olive Farm, our olives take 12 months to become what they are. And every winter, we invite people to join us in Greece to be part of this ancient ritual—picking by hand, tasting fresh oil, and living a tradition that’s as old as time.

🌿 Stay tuned for details on how to join us at the next olive harvest.

🫒 And get ready—pre-orders for this season’s olive oil are opening soon!