Normally we are not spoiled for water around here but this....... The floods have opened.
Wet, wet….
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The hunters den
January this year we got an invitation from our wild boar hunters in residence to come over to their hunting cabin and enjoy the last and biggest dinner of the season with them. Always on the lookout for different dining experiences we happily accepted the invitation....
Olive picking time…..
The absence of new blog entries was due to some serious handwork, olive picking. Yes we are not completely computerized here, sometimes we have to take the saw to the tree, the shovel to the ground and the hand to the olives. We have been doing this for years but last...
Peanuts in Umbria
Wandering over the Agri Umbra agricultural tradeshow last year we spotted a packet of 'peanut seeds' from the renowned Franchi seed company. Grow peanuts in your backyard? Well, why not. Not a lot of people know but there...
Mushrooms but not Porcini.
Hunting season has begun and not only for wildboar (actually the wild boar hunting starts this Saturday). Mushroom hunters can be seen all over the country site. Someone from a nearby village always parks his car near us...
Plastic Food Art Umbertide
Art in Umbertide? Sure why not! This art work was easily accesible as you can find it in a field. The installation consists of bales of plastic junk laid out in a field. So instead of the hay bales, something you normally aspect to...
Autumny in Umbria?
We have been blessed by the weathergods lately. Not to hot, some rain now and then but still weather to walk around in shirt and shorts. I'm a 'septembermember'. Warm enough to linger in the sun, cool enough to get some gardenwork done without having to jump in a cold...
Wild boar and grapes
No, sorry no recipe. It is the time of the year that the majority of the grapes have become sweet enough to be called ripe. So in the morning you stroll over to your vineyard, eye a nice bunch or two, snip them of and dive back into your home to let them join the...
Umbrian Pasta Dogs
This might come as new to you but Italian dogs eat pasta and very skilfully! We have three dogs and all managed to eat the spaghetti like pro's and con gusto. Dogs love pasta! Not sure if they learned it or whether the dogs are just naturals, I'd say the latter.
Fruit trees.
Earlier this year a friend gave us some, what I thought of as 'canes' with a few tiny springily roots on them. Figs, hazelnuts the lot he said. Now I know that you can make big trees out of almost nothing but certainly in the Umbrian climate one would like to have...
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