Luna Di Miele farm is a like a spoonful of honey on a toasted English muffin...delightful. We arrived to their home that overlooks the valley. It is beautiful with green covered mountains, river, vineyards in every direction and best of all good people. We have lucked out these last 2 months not needing to know a lick of Italian, but now we are Surrounded by a family of five that solely speaks Italian. it's difficult, but this is what we originally wanted, to come to Italy and live on an Italian farm!
Adele is 10 and right away she took us to a cherry tree that we happily gorged ourselves on, then she picked some strawberries for us. There are peach, apple, pear, persimmon ect. Trees, also kiwi and blackberry plants. The bees are kept in boxes right outside of the house in the garden along with the vineyard. There is so much going on here, they have 4 pigs, 3 miniature goats, 3 varieties of chickens, rabbits, 2 turtles, 2 mice, ducks and geese. The farm is small, but has a lot going on and the family is really down to earth and hardworking. Th grandmother lives here too and she runs the apgarden and kitchen, she is cool, what you would omagine a typical old Italian woman to be like.
Cont... Today we mowed the lawn getting ready for nicolettas catholic baptism party. We had lunch with fernanda and the 2 girls came home from school. After, a friend comes and we all pile into his truck and go to his farm. He has an apple tree swarming with bees. We put on suits, Puff smoke at them and they Are persuaded to move their home into a box with trays. I'm really happy because this was exactly what I wanted to see and do coming here.
very interesting on bees. learn all you can. Eric was over here and said bees would do great next to the alfalfa. really dry here in Cliff, river starting to drop and fires on the hills to the north visible from the house. I want to learn how they cure the pigs. later, ur DAD
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