Tag Archives: summer in Tuscany
Plant of the year
Cooler temps and a little rain signal the start of the beauty pageant, also known as the garden in fall. This year’s competitors…. The super confident Four Seasons Hydrangeas (known as Endless Summer in the US). (They were over heard boasting about how “we’re just so pretty all the time. That’s why they call us …
Random Shots
All this produce from right down the road for lee than $5. Leo and Lorenzo’s turtles came for a visit. Wonder who the turtles will stay with next year? on top of the main church in Monte San Savino A quick shot, taken on a rainy, cloudy day in Florence And a …
Duckappaloosa!
The small village that we are part of Montagnano has a duck sagra every year. It is very popular, gets crowded and in the past has not been well organized. One year after attending and being less than happy with the experience I realized that I could just go buy the duck, invite folks over …
Sagra and Festa Posters
The season is winding down. Here are a few posters from events happening in southern Tuscany.
Porcini Time
In mid August, we were in Cortona for the porcini sagra. It is held along the Roman road which is park most of the time. For this event (and the steak sagra, held the week before) the road up to the park is opened and with Ben’s handicapped sticker we are able to drive right …
Random Shots
A few garden shots Coleus and hosta are doing well. Impatients are too, until the chickens drop by for a snack It is fig and blackberry time. Chicken dinner: fresh mozzarella and arugula on a bed of rice and cracked grain. Why does this sound like a salad from a snooty …
Random Shots
A month or so ago, I picked this big vase out of the trash pile. It had been broken but I covered the broken edge with duct tape and used it as my outdoor vase. Richard cut these and brought them to me. He was calling them cardoons. Anyway, each stem was …
First Time Ever
We received a bottle of water with ICE in it. We were at the Tagilata sagra in Agazzi. The Italian couple sitting next to us were horrified. They thought we should send it back as they did with their bottle of water that was ‘too cold’. We were delighted! We enjoyed a nice bowl …
Elephant Ears
I think about 6 years ago I managed to get hold of 3 Elephant Ear bulbs. I like Elephant Ears. They are a bit of work but make such showy plants. At the end of each summer I dig the bulbs, divide them, store them for the winter and then during the best …
Fresh Crop Potatoes
I read a lot of food articles. In all that reading I have only come across one that expounds the glory of freshly dug potatoes. I am not talking about those little round potatoes known as ‘new potatoes’. I am talking about potatoes that have recently been dug up from the ground. Ones that …
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