Here's a few photos of olive pruning in process - this is a tree which probably hasn't been touched for 7 years or so and has gone very bushy...
... the dead stuff goes...
...and vertical shoots and stuff growing back into the centre goes...
... going for the goblet shape ...
... and a clean airy centre which will let in the sun and air.
Some of the trees end up pretty sparse but they seem to be very tough and respond well to the treatment:
And here's an old tree in a nearby town - I wonder just how old it is. It's obviously been pruned well back for many years - maybe several hundred?
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