Category: Italian Gardening
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A Dozen Garden Moments from the Summer of 2014
1) Two of my favorite pieces of concrete garden decor were stolen off of my front porch. Boo! 2) I watched Mona the Cat flourish after the fence went into the back garden. 3) Yes, you heard me correctly, a fence went into the back garden. 4) I learned on the 4th of July that…
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24 Hours in Rome (Viva Roma!)
Stone pines, Pinus pinea. The first thing I noticed during our one day in Rome—other than the crushing push of other tourists and the really annoying street vendors—was the pine trees. They’re emblematic of Italian landscapes so it was refreshing to my mind’s eye when they finally made their grand appearance. [The beauty of the…
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