On 4/1/09 22:09, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Jan 4, 9:58*pm, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:17:42 -0800 (PST), Judith in France



wrote:
On Jan 4, 9:08*pm, wrote:
On Jan 4, 3:06*pm, Sacha wrote:

But the Italians have a long history of growing food in their 'orto' and
gathering it from the wild, which some do to this day. *There's even a
Madonna dell' Orto. * *I'm quite surprised to read this, Martin because I
must admit that my impression is different. *I think their ornamental
gardens are quite different to ours so perhaps we can't compare the two.
However, their love food and good, high quality fresh ingredients usually
leads to good stuff either grown at home or sold in markets, IME.

Here a photo I took last year in Napoli. Like Rose Prince said,
'Naples suburban gardens are planted with produce right up to the
front door. Italian children may not frolick on lawns, but they get to
eat the sweetest tomato sauce'. Happy dreams ;o)

http://cjoint.com/?bewZPFuA1g

The prices are cheaper there than in France. *The cost of food in
France has soared recently. *We had an awful year growing our veg, not
exactly sure why.

I haven't been into Naples, although I have been to Sorrento and Pompeii.
and have driven several times between Rome and Sorrento.

I have always tried to stay in small towns or villages when I had business
trips. In France & Germany I've always noticed gardens full of vegetables.
I can remember other people commenting on the lack of anything in house
gardens
around Rome and Turin. I used Google Street View to try and find nice house
gardens in Milan, I found one garden full of roses and that was it. My wife
and
I watched the programme about Palladio on BBC 4 this evening. Nice houses,
but
boring unimaginative gardens.
--

Martin

I have been to Naples and loved it especially the food. I didn't see
any gardens.

Judith

We skipped out of Naples pdq but saw some lovely gardens around Sorrento. I
don't remember many, if any in Turin but my ex's aunt lived just outside
that city and had a very pretty garden, although she wasn't terribly
knowledgeable from what I remember. She lived in Rivoli in a rather
countrified area - it's so long ago!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)