TORRETTA, Sicily (AP) — Watching Giovanni Caruso prune an olive tree is like observing a mountain climber decide how to reach the next hand-grip in a cliff. He chooses his path with deliberation. He ...

Our sweet olive has been in the ground about four years and is about 6 feet tall. We’ve heard these trees can grow to be about 12 to 14 feet tall. I’d like to prune off some of the lower limbs to ...

This March 13, 2018 photo shows reporter and writer Cain Burdeau pruning an olive tree with shears and a small saw on a property his wife and he bought in Contrada Petraro in the mountains of northern ...

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