SPATA, Greece (AP) — In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, that was among 15 cut down on his neighbor’s land by thieves eager to turn it into money.

  • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe
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    1 year ago

    To be fair, olive trees only take 2-3 years to mature, so they’re fairly easy to replace.

    Just the fact that they’d do that is terrible, though.

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      1 year ago

      No, an olive tree may give you an olive at 3 years. One. A hundred year old olive tree gives thousands and thousands. It’s really not replaceable.