Sunday, December 28, 2008

You know it really is winter ...

... when the first snow falls on your Tuscan garden.

The strawbs snuggle up under their fleece blanket:

The broad beans tough it out:


As does the garlic:


And the lemon tree shivers inside its overcoat:


In five months time, it will be 35C.

Variety is the spice.

2 comments:

Chef Chuck said...

That Garlic looks to be hanging very good, What type do you have there? Chuck

The Gardener said...

Hi Chuck. I don't know the exact variety. I went down to the local agricolo - the agricultural supplies place - here in town and asked about seed garlic. They had two sorts available - red Italian, white Spanish. I got the red Italian. And, as I mentioned in the blog, I planted only the biggest, fattest and healthiest cloves. I kept the smaller ones for cooking.