Today was a productive day. I started out working in the cheese department and Eric was with Gesepe in the vegetable garden. Within minutes they swapped us and Eric was supposedly in the cheese department. He ended up cleaning out the donkey stall (wow is it great to have someone with me to do the tasks I don’t want to do). He had to clean about 10 inches of donkey …………….
I helped Gesepe with planting seeds for all different types of vegetables. My goal is to learn from him because he always has a fantastic garden. He uses the donkey …… that has been sitting for over a year as the fertilizer for the seeds.
I was surprised that he kept the pots with the seeds inside. Perhaps it is because of the cold weather; although today was a beautiful sunny day. He had over 30 different types of vegetables. I am anxious to see the actual garden area.
Tomorrow I am meeting him at 8:30am to go to help plant. I wish that I could be here in August to see all the vegetables ready to harvest. The farm is totally biological.
A couple interesting facts about the farm:
1. The pigs that I thought were husband/wife/baby are actually two big females and the small male pig (not a baby) was purchased to try and have baby pigs. Fat chance of this little pig mating with these big pigs. Nunzio just shakes his head when we talk about it.
2. Nunzio's cheese was recently purchased in Chicago for the White House (yes the president's home). He had the cheese while he was in L'Acquila and loved it. As I mentioned, Nu
nzio is famous for his Ricotta and Pecorino cheese.
I spent some time today watching them make the cheese. I am hoping to have an opportunity to work with them again, because the process is so interesting. There are different types of Ricotta, including smoked Ricotta cheese.
The afternoon was slow and I took a walk to Anversa. It is a very small village and not much to see. I did get a great dessert (which was actually my purpose of the walk). Although it is only 2 km away, it is a pretty steep hill, so I was able to wear off the desert and get my 10,000 steps in for the day.
Dinner was with all the Wwoofers, Nunzio, the guests, and Gesepe. So we had 2 Canadians, 2 Wwoofers from Sweden, 4 Americans, and 3 Italians. It was great to be in such a warm, friendly place. Malcolm cooked wonderful pasta with a pomodora sauce that had bacon in it. A combination of Italian and English was spoken. I am getting a little better in my Italian.
Everyone has been sick so I am trying to not get sick again, but it is not looking good. I would not want to miss walking with the sheep on Friday because of a cold.
Ciao for now
I helped Gesepe with planting seeds for all different types of vegetables. My goal is to learn from him because he always has a fantastic garden. He uses the donkey …… that has been sitting for over a year as the fertilizer for the seeds.
I was surprised that he kept the pots with the seeds inside. Perhaps it is because of the cold weather; although today was a beautiful sunny day. He had over 30 different types of vegetables. I am anxious to see the actual garden area.
Tomorrow I am meeting him at 8:30am to go to help plant. I wish that I could be here in August to see all the vegetables ready to harvest. The farm is totally biological.
A couple interesting facts about the farm:
1. The pigs that I thought were husband/wife/baby are actually two big females and the small male pig (not a baby) was purchased to try and have baby pigs. Fat chance of this little pig mating with these big pigs. Nunzio just shakes his head when we talk about it.
2. Nunzio's cheese was recently purchased in Chicago for the White House (yes the president's home). He had the cheese while he was in L'Acquila and loved it. As I mentioned, Nu
nzio is famous for his Ricotta and Pecorino cheese.I spent some time today watching them make the cheese. I am hoping to have an opportunity to work with them again, because the process is so interesting. There are different types of Ricotta, including smoked Ricotta cheese.
The afternoon was slow and I took a walk to Anversa. It is a very small village and not much to see. I did get a great dessert (which was actually my purpose of the walk). Although it is only 2 km away, it is a pretty steep hill, so I was able to wear off the desert and get my 10,000 steps in for the day.
Dinner was with all the Wwoofers, Nunzio, the guests, and Gesepe. So we had 2 Canadians, 2 Wwoofers from Sweden, 4 Americans, and 3 Italians. It was great to be in such a warm, friendly place. Malcolm cooked wonderful pasta with a pomodora sauce that had bacon in it. A combination of Italian and English was spoken. I am getting a little better in my Italian.
Everyone has been sick so I am trying to not get sick again, but it is not looking good. I would not want to miss walking with the sheep on Friday because of a cold.
Ciao for now
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