Tag: Italian Gardening
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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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To Love One’s Vegetables and Philosophy Too
My Sicilian relatives never lived on the East Coast. They immediately headed to Oregon where they’d heard the soil was good and cities were open for business. They were truck farmers vending fruits and vegetables during the first generation, a dream that would never have been possible in Sicily. My grandfather Salvatore (aka Sam), the…
Ann Loves Plants 