The Long Awaited Olive Tree!

I've added some really cool plants to the garden this year.  Kumquat, Blood Orange, Cape Gooseberries and even a tea plant.  It's been exciting to pick them out and to see them become established and productive in the backyard.  The newest addition to our backyard garden is a Mission Olive tree.  An olive tree is definitely new territory for me.  Until a year or two ago, I had never even seen an olive tree in person. Before receiving the Mission Olive, I had only seen a couple of tiny trees that weren't much bigger than a small twig.  The newest addition to the backyard stands a little more than 5 feet tall.   The trunk is very flimsy.  If not for the bamboo and landscaping tape for stabilization, this tree would barely stand on its own.  From what I've read, olives require well drained soil.  Aside from that, they're not real picky.  They're commonly planted on hillsides where grapes won't grow.  If all goes well it should begin producing olives in 2 years. Unfortunately, I won't be sampling out any homegrown olive oil for quite some time. approximately 40# of olives are required to produce one gallon of olive oil!