Our Abruzzo Orchard
Monday, July 19th, 2010Back in May, I wrote about our vegetable plot. Now, belatedly, it’s time to run the rule over the orchard.
The Italian word for orchard is frutetto. Nicer I think. The frutetto is about 250 square meters and like the veggie plot – or orto – faces due south.
English varieties predominate. Are they suited to a central Italian climate ? Only one way to find out…
(Click on the main headline title above and be transported to the sun-baked soil of central Italy, where you’ll discover our Abruzzo garden’s fruity secrets…)





