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The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops, Timothy 2:6 Every year the
farmers of the Holy Land pick the olives in the middle People in the Holy Land respect the olive Trees, and never cut them down. The pruning idea is to open the tree to let the sun well lights the fruits and the foliage inside.
In the Holy Bible, Jesus spoke of pruning that, there might be He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes [15:2 The Greek for prunes also means cleans.] so that it will be even more fruitful. --John 15:2
When two olive branches touch each other they will both
become weak but when you prune one and leave the other it will
produce the same amount of Pruning Methods: The pruning of olive trees must be done with hand saw not electric because the smoke that come from the diesel or gas saws affects the taste of olives and the olive oil and even makes the tree weak. It is said that the olive tree once spoke to her farmer one day and told him...Keep my brother away from me and take his share from me! After the olive tree is trimmed her branches are kept for a few years inside Bethlehem caves. The Caves are ideal to dry the olive wood because the temperatures of the cave stay the same year round and there is no moisture or humidity so the wood dry without splitting or cracking and becomes dry and ideal for carving and spinning. You can estimate the age of a particular piece by examining The dark lines inside this olive wood trunk tells how old is the tree the more lines the wood have the older the tree. The dark grains inside the trunk of the olive wood is called the heart of the wood or the jewels and the white creamy part is called sap wood.
The Farmers of Bethlehem Till their fields at beginning of each spring so the air will go to the soil and the trees can get enough oxygen its a give and take relation between the farmer and his land and trees. The Wheat Farmers of Bethlehem.
During the Olive harvest Season the People of Bethlehem Pick their olive trees They squeezed some and make some into jarred olives to eat. From the Olive Oil they also make the Bethlehem Holy Land olive oil soap |
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of October. During the
same season, they cut (prune) some of the branches. 
olives as two branches, and the tree will remain healthy and will
live longer! 
its
grain. Very old trees have a dark grain while younger trees exhibit a lighter
color. 
