Giardinaggio / Gardening

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Oggi abbiamo approfittato della bella giornata per fare l'orticello.

Today we took advantage of the fine weather to make the turf.

 

Queste sono le nostre erbe aromatiche. Le uso quasi tutti i giorni perché danno un tocco in più al piatto.

These are our herbs. I use them almost every day because they give an extra dimension to the dish.

     

E per finire un bel tocco di colore.

And finally a nice touch of color.

       

 

 

Comments

  1. debbrunsonApril 30, 2012 at 8:50 AM

    What a lovely garden!! Your photos are beautiful. I spent the morning working with the plants on my patio- they are all in pots as I don't have ground space to plant anything, but I have lots of herbs, squashes, tomatoes, lettuces, broccoli romanesca, onions and carrots :) I love spring! Your flowers are beautiful too! Where do you live, ribana?

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  2. ribana12April 30, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Thank you very much. I live in Padova, Italy...I'm glad that you like my small vegetable garden...:)

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  3. debbrunsonMay 1, 2012 at 12:07 AM

    I love your small garden, and it's bigger than mine ;) The Tuscany region is the only part of Italy I have visited so far, but I have done some research on the Friuli area. What a beautiful area you live in! Maybe i will learn more Italian reading your blog in both Italian and English. Thank you :D

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  4. ribana12May 1, 2012 at 2:36 AM

    Yes, it's a beautiful place here...If you find any mistakes I'm sorry, my english is a bit rusty...:)

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  5. debbrunsonMay 1, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    Your english is much, much better than my Italian... :D

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  6. ribana12May 1, 2012 at 5:51 PM

    :)

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