Our most fanatic residential mushroom hunter gave a little present last week. After a long story with the bottom line: "you are not supposed to give mushrooms you've found to other people because you might give the wrong...
Black celery? Well yes and no, it starts out very dark hence the name but after a while it becomes almost white or at least the heart will. This is achieved by a process called blanching. It is a way of keeping a crop warm and...
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...
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...
Inhabitants of Chiusi organised a wine festival last friday and since I had never been to Chiusi (and neither had my guests) we jumped at this opportunity. Chiusi is a lovely village in Tuscany just over the Umbrian border. Fortunately we had lovely guests since the...
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...
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...
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.
We are rather modest when it comes to self promotion on this blog but now and then we feel we should point out the large diversity of houses we have on offer. Whether you are looking for a nice agriturismo, a place to stay for twenty persons or a small apartment in...
One of the great things you can do these days is subscribe to custom RSS feeds. Of course I have some which let me know whenever there is something to do regarding Umbria. Yesterday I stumbled upon the stanthonysfestival. It is a yearly event near Philadelphia and...
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