The olive picking; 'La Raccolta delle olive'
It is autumn. In October and November it is time for the olive harvest. When the olives start turning from green to black we start deciding when to start picking. Our neighbour Ennio (76), the previous owner of our farm, obviously has the best view on this with his years of experience. We [...]
A well belongs to a farm.
We were curious when we bought our farmhouse to see how deep our well, or 'Pozzo' in Italian, would be. First of all, we hoisted up the old pump lying at the bottom. According to our neighbour Ennio (previous owner), the thing had been lying in the depths of the ground for years. The pump would [...]