BUT if your yard is walked or played on frequently in the same general area (as with most grasses), a white clover yard can end up half dead and patchy. If you have children or frequently go barefoot, there will be an increase in bee stings.– For the...
Additionally, when applying Imprelis, be careful that no spray treatment, drift or runoff occurs that could make contact with trees, shrubs and other desirable plants, and stay well away from exposed roots and the root zone of trees and shrubs.
That's okay, though, it's early yet. The practice continues today. This story is now thought to be a legend.)As a wealthy landowner, Washington had a lot of room to experiment. The Center also currently serves as the official Seed Bank for the state ofJimmy...
It wasn't efficient or effective, and I was picking up every scale bug with my hands. Leaves yellow and fall, same as the buds.have pearly white eggs, laid on the undersurface of the leaves.
Sometimes the fruits are already formed. That's why it's best to keep them inside. I always keep them short, but bushy. Just keep the end of the stem above the flame for 5 seconds.
Where the sun is sufficient, the trees will keep their foliage nearly to ground level, though extremely old trees can have a bit of bare trunk.Italian cypress is a darker green than many plants and this color, along with its serious-looking form, makes...
A number of 5th-grade students joined First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday, March 20, 2009 to break ground on an 1100 square foot garden on the South Lawn at the White House. (However, no beets as President Obama has a very public dislike of the humble...
The advocates of using Parmesan cheese mention the fact that Ligurians have been using Parmesan cheese for about five hundred years now, so using Parmesan in making pesto is not exactly a recent change in the recipe.
All along the edges of this area, where the flat plain gives way to the foothills that lead to the Alps in the north and the Apennine mountains in the west (The Apennine mountains are the chain that runs more or less north south in a ridge in the middle...
Not fun, but a small price to pay for having so many friendly dogs to play with. I suppose the one bad feature of having so many dogs in Rapallo is that not infrequently some owner fails to clean up after their pet.
All the small farmers in Italy read this magazine. The owner didn't, but I went up into our garden and harvested a nice bunch of parsley and a handful of marjoram to give to the customer.
And several times every year, one sees on television some landslide disaster in which an Italian community is devastated. It's hard work breaking the rocks out with a sledgehammer and hand chisel, and I've already gone through three pairs of safety glasses.
(In 1912 Pharmacist Wilbur Scoville devised the method to rank theheat level of chili peppers based on the amount of capsaicin present.)Like most pepper varieties, Espelette peppers are harvested in late summer.
Its scale-leaves are a green-gray color and during the fall and winter it grows blue berries. They grow well in zones 5 to 7, which are environments that receive a minimum temperature of minus 10 degrees F.The Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis 'Keteleeri')...
The owner of the Ape in the photo is a local small farmer. My blog is off to a bad start. She sells some of her products to local restaurants, she has a few regular customers who have standing orders, and she has a little booth at the local daily fruit...
Veronica comes in different forms—small ground huggers to taller clumps in various colors, including pink and lavender. Some equate the naming of the flower with the narcotic fragrance it produces.
The steel on my blacksmith tools has never given way though; somewhat surprising considering the huge amount of rough use I've given them over the last five years or so. (I am planting a lot of fruit trees, so in the long run I won't really be denuding...
This same plant that I had been so hopefully nurturing has now become a pesky weed in the garden and I had to remove a whole bunch of mature blooming plants along with all the other weeds when I was ready to start planting.
Many gardeners use Italian heather in rocky areas and rock gardens, or as edges to walkways and larger garden plots. Work sand or small gravel into the soil before planting and mulch new plants with a little well-matured compost.
That's how farming goes here in Italy. All these agricultural television spots talk a lot about niche varieties, old fashioned methods that are being preserved, and why these particular foods tastes so good.
Plant this delicious fruit at the end of your garden away from the herbs so they can be watered and pampered separately.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });When growing an Italian herb garden, obviously,...
That is where the Italian pepper can excel. Initially, plants may need row covering to prevent insect and pest damage. Sow in flats with just a dusting of soil on top of the seed. The flesh is not quite as crisp as a bell pepper but has definite tooth...
My favorite part of the project was hiring a few pampered house rabbits from Rapallo to come pose for pictures inside the completed rabbit luxury suite. I'm crazy for rabbits, and I can't imagine anything sadder than keeping rabbits in tiny wire cages.
While we're waiting for it to stop raining, what we farmers in Italy do is go to the various fairs. Italians call them chingiale (cheen ghee-awl aay). « More La Dolce Vita » Last week there was one in my town of Rapallo and I went with my friend Richard,...
In color, they range from bright citron to deep forest green ripening to orange and then red when fully ripe.Italian peppers for frying are common features of Italian cuisine. A simple Italian recipe for these peppers involves frying the peppers in a...
They were imported into this country for ornamental purposes. The Italian jasmine flower returns over the summer in smaller amounts, contrasting beautifully with the brilliant green leaves that remain on the bush all winter in mild climates.These Italian...
Read on for more Italian stone pine information.Italian stone pine is easily recognizable, as it is one of the only pines to form a high, rounded crown. Their horizontal branches can crack and break when they are coated with ice.Italian stone pine tree...
