during the late winter and an area of about the size of a singles ten- nis court is now ‘the orto’ awaiting Franco and his rotavator. Subito is ‘soon’, but days pas- sed and Cinzia did sometimes get a little agitated that Franco was busying himself with all sorts of other important tasks, but not ar- riving to turn over her orto. Fran- co himself was unperturbed. ‘Not ready. Not yet right. We must wait for the terre to be just so’ he’d tell her. Meanwhile, Cinzia was building up a collection of seeds, seedlings and plug plants bought from local markets and her enthu- siasm for planting was growing by the day. Then, ‘Domani’ announced Fran-


co. But that night it rained and tomorrow became ‘Doppo do- mani’ as the earliest possible time we could rotavate.


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Top: Wood anemones and gentians Center: Thieving ants carrying off the grass seeds. Bottom: Herbs and lettuces ready for harvest.


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