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April 19What might these little seedlings be? Stay tuned, and I'll post photos as they progress. Hopefully we'll be able to keep most of them alive long enough to witness their transplants to the garden.
We do have a bonafide garden going well too! In our little half of the plot, we've planted strawberries, red peppers, cherry tomoatos, onions, rucola, as well as mint, basil, rosemary, and parsley.
We do have a bonafide garden going well too! In our little half of the plot, we've planted strawberries, red peppers, cherry tomoatos, onions, rucola, as well as mint, basil, rosemary, and parsley.
This is, of course, all under the watchful eye of every neighbor. The locals, quite frankly, are the only ones who really know what the heck they are doing. More than once Mirella has meandered over to offer advice; last week while watching Filippo do a little planting, she left quickly in a fit. . .only to return with her hoe. She literally pushed him out of her way.
Upon returning home from Saturday morning errands yesterday, we discovered that Ferruccio had turned the soil in the entire little plot and put in poles for the tomato plants. We sheepishly left the poles we had just purchased in the car until a later time.
It's nice. . . this little life we are creating for The Party of 3 lost in the Veneto.
2 comments:
It sounds like the lost party is getting adopted by nice neighbors!
All of the locals have been consistently wonderful to us. I keep waiting for the honeymoon to end, but so far, it's been pretty amazing. I am always very careful not to offend or step out of line. There are also a few Italian transplants here so we are not the only outsiders. . .so far so good with everyone. It helps tremendously that among us we have 10 children under the age of 10. The chidren bring us all together.
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