Italian Garden Project

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Matt_from_Pittsburgh

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Posted 1365300290	Reply with quote #1

There's an organization in Pittsburgh called the Italian Garden Project that seeks to preserve and teach traditional Italian home gardening techniques. For people around Pittsburgh, they do some cool garden tours during the summer and fall. They do a fig wrapping tour in November. I went a couple of years ago and had a great time. Here's a recent post about figs from their website: http://www.italiangardenproject.org/fascination-figs.html. Some of my unknowns came from the people mentioned it. All very friendly people. There's also a video link at the bottom. __________________ Matt Pittsburgh, PA Zone 6ish

musillid

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Posted 1365335095	Reply with quote #2

This is a fantastic idea and wonderful effort to preserve a fading heritage! __________________ Dale non compost mentis in Zone 6a

Dieseler

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Posted 1365347071	Reply with quote #3

Being first generation here i saved the link and will read at my leisure. Thanks.

FMD

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Posted 1365350915	Reply with quote #4

Matt, great stuff. Loved this particular video much: That gentleman was born in Calabria, loves figs and has a dog named Bella. What's not to like? [video] __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

Suzy325

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Posted 1365351612	Reply with quote #5

My father in law has been here many more years, but still sounds like he just stepped off the boat yesterday, lol. Thanks for posting this, it looks like a wonderful source for info for us newbies, also a great place to visit this coming fall, I think I'll be putting this on my calender. :o) __________________ Sue Belmar, NJ Zone 7a Wish List: Ronde de Bordeaux, Negronne

ForeverFigs

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Posted 1365351987	Reply with quote #6

Matt...thanks for sharing that website, and that wonderful video...can't wait for the growing season to progress so the back yard can look like that again..."love them figs" !! :) __________________ Vince Edison N.J. Zone 6b Wish List: LaRadek's EBT

kubota1

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Posted 1365359804	Reply with quote #7

Hey Matt, I subscribed to the mailing list. Mary that runs the Italian Garden Project, e-mailed me and wants to see my trees. She said her dad would also want to see them. Her parents must live near me. In New Castle. __________________ Art- Western Pa. 6a

Matt_from_Pittsburgh

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Posted 1365372985	Reply with quote #8

Glad you guys liked the article. Art--you should check out one of the tours this summer. There are some really cool gardens, and they usually have pitzelles and espresso, too. __________________ Matt Pittsburgh, PA Zone 6ish

HarveyC

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Posted 1413993800 · Edited	Reply with quote #9

Mary and I communicated back and forth for a while and she came for a visit in early September after bringing her daughter out to start college at my alma mater (Cal Poly SLO). She wrote me today to say she posted an article on her blog about her visit and I thought I'd share here: http://www.theitaliangardenproject.com/chestnuts-101.html I'm trying to connect her to an older Italian friend who is quite a character and has a nice garden with many things he brought from Italy over the years. __________________ Harvey - Correia Farms Isleton, CA (Sacramento County) USDA zone 9b, Sunset zone 14 http://www.figaholics.com https://www.facebook.com/Figaholics

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