After arriving home late Thursday, we walked outside Friday morning to discover that someone had spent a little of his time in our tomato jungle. Not only had he removed all eight plants, he also took all the dead cuttings & anything else that needed taking. (There was a lot.)
Just like that.
Are we blessed, or what?
Our neighbors are kind folks, indeed. They never ask us for anything (well, except for us to file an official complaint about another neighbor -- story later), yet they continue to give and give and give of themselves. When one asked us to bring pumpkin seeds of the American variety back from a trip to the States, we were happy to oblige.
The pumpkins are growing, though the other parts of the garden are much more interesting to me.
He is even growing a bit of friarielli for Mr. Duncan & Rosy, with seeds from Napoli. The pumpkin seeds? They were from a Giant store outside of Washington, DC -- not nearly as interesting, if you ask me.
6 comments:
I agree with you: I find our local varieties of pumpkins aesthetically nicer and better tasting than the jumbo ball sized ones - but not more interesting than the friarielli from Naples! Have a good week Dana!
there are no pumpkins here either... probably do to the fact that spaniards don´t celebrate halloween... haha!
How lovely to have such kind neighbors!
I don't know that I've ever tasted an American carving pumpkin. I've known people to harvest and dry the seeds for eating, but never the actual pumpkin. They are the best for carving -- and now I understand the request for seeds. This weekend I found a large-sized one for sale at nursery -- 11 Euro for a medium-sized one! Ouch!
Friarelli! Yuck, they're so bitter! I'll take pumpkin over that any day. Well, maybe not one of those insipid American ones.
KC -- It is an acquired taste, isn't it? The guy who runs the pizzeria up the street shared a secret with us last week -- friarelli in a can! No joking. He even gave us a can to take home.
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