We have some bad weather coming our way but for the past few days we really had lots of sunshine. The olive tree was the last to receive a 'haircut'. The other pictures is the field one of the houses here looks out over.
This year we, Villa in Umbria, are organising for our guests a visit to the Montelabate abbey. This is a unique possibility to view this recently restored abbey, usually closed for visitors. After the brief visit we will taste some of the locally made products of the...
In Italian these are called 'Lilla' (in Dutch 'Sering'). The Italian and English make a lot more sense than the Dutch word for these impressive flowers that come accompanied with a wonderful smell.
As mentioned before it is the time of the year to go hunting for the slender wild asparagus stalks. Well, I say hunting it is more searching with a very big S. You see one of the great talents of the wild asparagus is to hide itself from view. You know the shoots have...
Just as we started driving full throttle up the hill we was halted by one of our neighbours. They are always interested in what we are up to and they must have spotted the big branches filling the car. "Hazelnut and fig trees someone donated us", we explained. Great,...
It still is olive clipping time over here and we ran into some problems with some high trees. The ground beneath the trees is too uneven to put a ladder on and some branches can't be reached from inside the tree. Off course this is a widely known problem and there is...
It is spring here in Umbria which means........AgriUmbria. Every year around this time every Umbrian, well ... it really can get quite busy, heads to Bastia Umbra to take part in the three day agrarian feast. Whether you need some chickens, ducks, tools for pruning...
This makes a person really happy ... and it is not for sale!!!
Three local wines all three Trebbiano Spolentino, a local Trebbiano clone, all three very different. Now Trebbiano is famous for giving wine of poor quality. Some might argue that Valentini's Trebbiano isn't bad at all and that is Trebbiano! Yes but that is Trebbiano...
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