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Hi, I live about 70 miles from Brussels in Belgium. Many of you will recognize this story. It started with one fig tree. Then I got fig fever… First of all, I hope I don’t make to many English Language mistakes… I try to grow several kinds of fruits in our garden, apples, pears, plums, almonds, cherry’s, nuts, currants, grapes but became addicted on growing figs.
I grow figs in pots and have some planted in garden, some in soil, some in pots in soil, some in self-made earth boxes. I like to do some experimenting…
I try to grow figs that are a bit cold hardy + out of cuttings from France, Italy and Greece. A few pictures This is our backgarden.
A few of the fig trees, i hope you enjoy …
Brunswick with breba’s
Doree
Del Portogallo
Madeleine de deux saisons
Alicon
Negronne
Brown Turkey & Hardy Chicago (froze down last year)
Galbun in self watering container
Newly planted Sultane with root restriction
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| Thank you for the pictures recarica. You have fig fever! You have some beautiful fig trees and backyard. I hope mine look as pretty as yours as time goes on. cheers, Dennis |
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| Very nice pic's. Thanks. Good to know fig actions in Europe. Congrats your Del Portogallo is loaded with figs. Any idea how they taste. I suppose you had a head start with the help of the green house. Paully |
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| Great pictures. I have the fig fever too! I have 6 fig trees and each day I check on them to see if there is any sign of fruit...lol. I think I might get some figs this year! I'm really dying to try some. :) |
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| I'm sad to hear that so many of the fig trees in Europe were killed by frost last year. Hopefully, no rare old varieties were permanently lost. Perhaps some of them are sprouting back from the roots now? that is what I am told happens frequently here in the states (in other climate zones than mine which get freezes). You have a pleasant looking back fig garden. |
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- Posted by ottawan_z5a (Canada) (My Page) on Sun, Jun 6, 10 at 22:23
| Welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy many fig fruits this year. It appears that the Doree will be the first one since it seems to be showing colour getting close to ripening. Wht did you restrict the Sultana roots when there is so much space availabe? |
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| First of all : Thanks for your reactions. Answers to your questions, To Paully22, In beginning of March I put my figs in the greenhouse. When weather gets bad, this year it froze 2 night late april, later than usual over here, I protect new leafs or tiny breba's with some blankets or other insulation material. You have to be attentive to the weather forecasts... To girlbug2 : Not all of the figtrees died here in Belgium ofcourse. 40 Miles from here temperatures were not that low. To Ottowan Z5a, I do root restriction because I think the wood will ripen faster and not die by early frost. Also the tree is near the house in front of the window. I like figs very much but i like to have light inside the house too. Also when it should freeze hard in winter I can protect it easier. But it is the warmest spot, near a heated house in winter and with sun the whole day long. So I hope it gives (ripe) figs in the future. |
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| Hello recarica, I'm very impressed with your English and your writing. You did great! You seem to know English and write it very well. We are kindred spirits all over the world, all with fig fever, yes? :) I have no desire to cure that fever, do you? Those are lovely pictures of your fig trees. Thanks for sharing them with us. I hope you get lots of delicious figs to eat this season. noss |
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| Thx Noss, I do me best with the English... Overhere people learn Dutch French English and sometimes German in school. We're a small country and have to adapt. Kindred spirits is the right expression, or maybe an uncurable but fun illness... Nice to know there are others like us! |
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- Posted by italiangirl74 6 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 7, 10 at 8:16
| Ciao recarica, I know the growing zones of Italy very well, I will share them with you, many other parts of Europe have similar zones, but remember there is not maybe as much sun, more rain,cooler average temps, ect which also would effect the growing differently than in sunny dry hot Italia. YOur pictures are beautiful, you have a few varieties I have seen in Europe (Italia) very very good. |
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- Posted by giants_2007 10 PSL FL Sal (My Page) on Mon, Jun 7, 10 at 12:21
| recarica first welcome to the forum and thank you for sharing those beautiful pictures. your collection is wonderful and this link might help determine your zone http://www.uk.gardenweb.com/forums/zones/hze.html Sal |
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| Sal, Thx for the handy link. I live in zone 8. R. |
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| Recaria, what an impressive collection of fig tree's. Thank you so much for sharing. It looks like you really know what you are doing. What soil mix are you using for the potted figs? Keep up the good work and welcome. I hope you don't take this the wrong way but the galbun in the self watering container looks like it needs water. Just a little fig humor (very little fig humor) |
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| Ejp3, I use soil which I buy in large bags in a local store. It has large percentage of bark in it. I mix it with some soil of my garden and some lime. My figs seem to like it. The self watering container... I don't like it myself the way the fig grows. Maybe the plastic gets too hot in the sun. I'll wait till the end of this season and hope it improves. I got the idea from the fig4fun website : http://figs4fun.com/bills_figs.html |
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| Hi Recarica! Where did you find ''Lungo del Portogalo'" cuttings? |
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- Posted by ediblelandscaping.sc 7b-8 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 16, 12 at 23:09
| I also live in a zone 8 and would be happy to trade cuttings with you this fall. all the figs I have grow well in the ground here with no winter protection. contact me at ediblelandscaping.sc@gmail.com |
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| Recarica, I am an other one affected by fig fever in Europe. I live in Hungary and possessed of nearly 60 varieties of fig. My first fig trees are 20 years old and they are "giant size" in a little orchard on a hill side. Two years ago we (with my friends) began to create a big fig orchard of 4 hectars on a hill top with our best varieties. Though we are interested (without limits)to new, for us unknown varieties and collect them. We could trade with You easily because Hungarian people work in Gent and they travel each week by car and could help us. Italiangirl, vedo con piacere che c'e' anche una ragazza italiana in questo forum. Anche con te sarebbe facile fare scambi se t'interessa (in quale regione sei), perche' noi siamo spesso in Italia. (P. es.fra 15 giorni sono alla Macfrut a Cesena.) Ediblelandscaping (from Hungarian origin) met me in another topic /Fig orchard/. I will send You an e-mail. I hope we also can trade if we'll find a shipping possibility/opportunity. |
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| My old fig trees file in the middle, in the front of the houses: |
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| To see them better |
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| The oldest exemplars are of this size |
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| We have some interesting varieties with nice fruits |
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| "Non-split" fig |
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| Fico zucca |
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| Fig vendor and her ware /my granddaughter/ |
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| Girl on the fig tree |
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| Brown plate: the most hardy variety of our assortment. It's tree tends to grow very big. |
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| Italiani, datemi una mano! Come si dice "fiorone" in inglese? "Fioroni" "first blossom fruits"(?) of Brown plate |
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| Very nice photos. Thank you for sharing. Joe |
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| "Fiorone" first blossom of the Dark plate (Fiorone is not plate) |
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| Figs (second blossom) of the same variety "Dark plate" |
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| The most common fig cultivar of our region |
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| Vanessa Atalanta, the lover of figs |
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| The bee-house |
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| What do you do to keep the birds off of your figs? Joe |
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| Joe Nothing. A major part of the first blossom figs becomes victime of the bird invasion but the damage on the second blossom is supportable because their ripening coincides with the maturation of the grapes of the vineyards in the vicinity. |
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| Position of my orchard on the hill side viewed from beneath |
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| ... and a view from there above |
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| We propagate by these cuttings, the way is the same one of vine rootstocks |
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| Our propagation system /or alternatively a similar one in pots/ |
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| ninovarga, i live in shenzhen,china;i have fig fever!your country is so beautiful! |
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| yg zh, thank you. China is also fantastic. What kind of fig do you grow? |
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| Four seasons in figs Spring |
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| Summer |
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| Autumn |
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| Winter |
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| i live in the center of city,have no land.my figs are growing in pots. |
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| this,we call it Blanrick(��������)��the most commonly fig in china��i think it should be called ��Brunswick���� |
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| Hello Ninovarga, Could you please email me. lukeott@comcast.net |
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- Posted by stefanos689 7a (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 5:08
| Hi Nino, How can i contact u? I live in Czech republic and grow some figs in my garden. I would like to visit u and see your orchard. If it is possible of course. Stepan |
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- Posted by stefanos689 7a (My Page) on Sat, Oct 13, 12 at 5:30
| My email is stefanos689@hotmail.com, i can also exchange some local varieties with u if interested. 100 km from Hungarian border, so no problem for me to come. Stepan |
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| Hi Stepan, I sent you an email. |
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| Autumn in the fig orchard |
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- Posted by evladi7654 (evladi7654@aol.com) on Tue, Oct 16, 12 at 11:29
| Hi to everybody ! Though I live in the USA I am looking for the Fig cuttings exchange !! email me at evladi7654@aol.com if interested ! Eugene |
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- Posted by evladi7654 (evladi7654@aol.com) on Tue, Oct 16, 12 at 11:32
| Hi ! 'ninovarga ' I love your pictures and fruit ! Do you cover your rows of Fig cuttings for the winter? When do you plant them in the picture? Email me at evladi7654@aol.com Eugene |
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| Hi Eugene, the cuttings are excavated late autumn and planted in their definite places. |
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| Enjoy your meal! |
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- Posted by hoosierquilt z10a/23 Vista Calif (My Page) on Mon, Oct 22, 12 at 14:08
| Wow, Nino, Come e bella la tua fattoria e terre sono! (Forgive me, my Italian is pretty poor, no one to speak with anymore, grandparents and parents have all passed on.) I especially love your "Winter" photo, hah! Do you have a web site? I would love to find a way to perhaps purchase some fig cuttings from you, especially any beloved Italian fig varieties. And, I would LOVE to have your fig preserve recipe, yum! Patty (Marconi) S. |
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| Nino, bellissimo, vuoi sapere il nome che noi usiamo per i fioroni qui in America, e' breba. La parola e' Spagnola che descrive a come i fioroni non durano come il tempo dei fichi,(breva in Italiano),ciao, Sergio, New Jersey, nel Sud. |
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| Patty, I sent you an e-mail. Comunque grazie per i complimenti! |
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| Ciao Sergio, grazie per la tua gentile spiegazione. Nel frattempo, leggendo diversi topic del "Fig forum" ho fatto progressi nell' inglese e ho capito che il fiorone si chiama 'breba' e i fichi si chiamano 'main crop', praticamente "produzione principale". L'etimologia (origine) della "breba" invece non la sapevo. |
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| Prego, Nino. |
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| Autumn color-parade in the fig orchard |
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| Golden leaves |
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| Fig season is over |
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| Imminent leaves-falling of the earliest variety |
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| ... but the latest one is green |
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| ... and full with tasty fruits |
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| Different varieties are distinguishable by different colors |
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| Fig and pomegranate |
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| Fig and persimmon |
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| Fig-view |
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| Hello Nino, How can I get a hold of you? Rafed |
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| Beautiful fig garden in Belgium. That's one country I've always wanted to visit. Gorgeous fig landscape in Hungary. I'm just curious if there are fig forums like this for Europeans? You have better English writing skills than many in the States. Interesting to know the fever is a worldwide phenomenon. I know of tulip and orchid obsession but have not heard of any other fruit that people are so obsessed with. |
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| Dear Toucan, the psychology of the "fig fever" lies in the charm of the rarities. I was to visit a fig gatherer-trader in Tuscany and he said that his buyers are not Italians but mainly foreigners from countries where growing figs is a challenge, in defiance of the climate. In Italy and generally in the Mediterranean area figs are very common, you can find them everywhere, on fields, on dykes, and what is more in rock-cracks. There are other fruit species too that people are obsessed with in in Europe: for example persimmon and paw-paw and these on the same psichological base like fig. Obviously there cannot be any "European joint fig forum" like this American, partly because European Union is not united in the sense like the States in America, partly because it's to be confronted as a veritable Babel in linguistic sense. However there are different gardening forums in each State where fig and other fruits form subjects. In Hungary for example we have a forum which deals "limited hardy fruits" among them fig too. |
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| Hello Nino, my name is Giuseppe and I have many varieties of figs,sono italiano and would love to trade fig cuttings with you if it is possible.Ciao, giuseppe this is my email joetozzi91@yahoo.com |
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| Early winter attack in Europe: first snow on hill-level |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 16:17
| Hi All, I'm Ninovarga's friend and colleague. I'd like to exchange fig cuttings and join the Gardenweb fig community. We can offer all the varieties mentioned/photographed above (and in "fig orchard") by Nino, I think that in almost unlimited quantity. Personally I like an early purple one the most. Its breba crop starts to ripen in the middle of June. It has a delicious strawberry-like taste and deep red color of pulp. To be punctual, I'm listing the other cultivars of him as well WE OFFER: -dark plate Further to these cultivars I have the following ones, but they are 1 or 2 years-old trees, so cuttings are limited to 1-3 piece per tree (it means practically that I cannot send cuttings from these to more than 1-2 exchange partners): -panachee After all, I'm LOOKING FOR the following: -As all our fig cultivars are parthenocarpic and the fig wasp is not present here, I want to collect caprifig trees and wasps or larvae inside to settle down a fig wasp colony here. I'm also looking for female cultivars requiring pollination eg. Smyrna, Calimyrna, Lop Incir, or any. -Any other good cultivars, for example: -A sangu, bursa siyahi, rigata rossa from the page ficuscarica.com -Ull de perdiu, verdal from galgoni.com -Any best US cultivar, you've talked about so many in this forum -Marseillaise, negronne, noire de Caromb, noire de Barbentane, sultane, tena, nefiach, grise Saint-Jean, becane or any other good, interesting French cultivar i don't have yet. Some people have contacted Ninovarga already but I'd kindly accept any help or offer especially about the caprifig-wasp-smyrna fig staff. We also possess 14 asian persimmon (Diospyros kaki) cultivars, so we are interested in scion wood exchange of persimmon. We are interested in non-astringent japanese cultivars although we have some already. Thank you all and sorry for my long post. |
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| Hello figfan hungary, please email me. lukeott@comcast.net thank you luke |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 21:13
| Luke, I sent an email. Some pictures from our assortment: |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 21:18
| "korai lila" ="early purple" is one of my favorite, first mentioned. |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 21:24
| "szivarfuge" is the elongated dark, "vorcsoki dalmat" is the Dalmatian yellow round, "kutfeji lila" is the "purple of Kutfej village" |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 21:30
| A harvest in September |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 21:33
| ...and making some fig preserve: |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 31, 12 at 22:02
| The new cultivars for us are still rather small, so only a few cuttings are available for exchange. We don't sell and preferably don't buy fig cuttings, we prefer the exchange method. |
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| hi,figfan_hungary,i live in china,i want to exchange fig cuttings or other fruit cuttings with you,please email me,43337013@qq.com,thanks! |
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- Posted by stefanos689 7a (My Page) on Sat, Nov 10, 12 at 2:04
| Hi Figfan, Pls send me an email to stefanos689@hotmail.com, I am interested in exchange |
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| Salve figfan,io sono curioso a sapere se il fico Col de Dame Blanch che posiedi si trova in terra oppure in vaso.Io avrei pratticamente lo stesso clima come il tuo,ma trovo dificolta a far'maturare questa specie.Grazie se trovi 2 minuti per rispondere. pako |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Tue, Nov 13, 12 at 16:48
| Salve Pako, si trovano in terra, anche il Col de Dame nero e bianco. Quest'anno hanno maturati da settembre fino ad ottobre. L'estate era molto caldo in Europa quindi non posso conclurede come comportarebbero in un anno normale. Questi sono delle nuove varieta per noi. |
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- Posted by figfan_hungary none (My Page) on Tue, Nov 13, 12 at 16:51
| bianco (col de dame blanche) |
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| Grazzie figfan.Era importante per me saperlo.Forse non hai fatto caso,ma io sto in Bulgaria.Se queste varieta hanno matturato da voi,alora sono ottimista.Dopo tutto,la mia pianta e ancora giovane e questo e il suo primo anno in terra.Estate era veramente caldissimo anche da noi...eppure settembre ed ottobre alcuni gradi sopra la media.Speriamo bene per l'inverno che viene...Grazie ancora ed "in boca al lupo"... pako |
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- Posted by thearabicstudent 7a (My Page) on Wed, Apr 17, 13 at 8:31
| This is the best post I've seen. It makes me want to get some land out in the countryside and just grow a ton of figs and other fruit. Maybe once I retire :). That countryside is just amazing looking! |
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