Cork Trees

There are several cork trees in the green zone where I walk Shula and they look as if they have been harvested in the past. I can't think there were enough to be profitable, but maybe someone thought it worthwhile.

Throughout the urbanisation there are hundreds of pine trees. When I first lived here gypsies came once a year to knock down the green pine cones. They were gathered up and put into sacks and taken to various points on the coast where a representative from a disinfectant factory would collect them. I don't know if the practice continues. Perhaps there was a similar setup for the cork.