Mandevilla are those nice red climbers that are appearing all over the place in markets etc now and I did very well with two of them last year.
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If you have property in UK you might contemplate redirecting your mail to Italy during your sojourn. Please be aware that the mail people, despite you paying quite a lot of money might mistakenly send your mail from your bank back to the bank.
Tue, 02/21/2012 - 18:06
We have a number of external walls about a metre high, cement rendered on both sides and made of tufo blocks. Sadly the rendering keeps getting spalled off after the winter due to, I think water in the walls freezing and expanding.
Sun, 04/24/2011 - 16:15
Birmingham UK area with 95% dead yuccas this spring plus lots of ceanothus dead and indeed anything a bit tender, however I was not expecting more or less similar here in Lazio, the main victims seem to have been date palms , even well-established
Sun, 04/24/2011 - 15:54
Looking at a courtyard in Umbria I saw a tradescanthia plant, the one sometimes non-pc called wandering Jew. Got hold of a couple and potted up on my terrace in Lazio and lo and behold they thrive mightily.
Tue, 08/03/2010 - 17:32
Could any one with their finger on the pulse of the Italian economy please tell me why large petrol stations are springing up all over the countryside.
Sun, 05/09/2010 - 18:55
For the tech experts - can I use a UK gas oven in Italy attached to a supply from one of those big cylinders in the garden? I am thinking of bringing one out. In anticipation - thanks.
Fri, 03/19/2010 - 19:00
Rejoice with me for at last ENEL have recognised that I AM resident and therefore qualify for a lower tariff and wait for this ... they have back-dated my benefits to the initial application about three years ago! Oh joy!.
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 18:58
Great geraniums this year until visited by small brown butterflies - result flower heads dying followed by miserable appearance of whole plant.
Sun, 09/06/2009 - 17:53
I think I am posting correctly under the new system - however having started I will finish - I have a beautiful house for sale in a brilliant , for me at any rate location in a rural area with everything a UK buyer in to the Italian life could wis
Wed, 05/27/2009 - 16:59
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Italian electrical wiring is a strange and wonderful (terrifying?) thing , all the connections to light fittings in my house are by way of two wires twisted together, I am replacing these with little terminal blocks - so simple but why not in the first place? and the switches are pretty tacky things too . Ah well!
Glad I have my own pozzo - so far has not let us down and I drink the stuff and I'm still here!
Yes, babyeddiedog spot on.2 solutions1 Use long ethernet cable, disadvantage - trailing wire2 Use home plug system, large plug thingy connected to modem at one end and plugged in to mains at the other and same arrangement with the laptop any where in the house with a socket.Very solid, secure and fast - made by various manufacturers, can't see any reason why it should not work in Italy.Good luck
Don't bother, I've got the scars to prove it, too dangerous. Hire a panda or similar.
Trust ENEL to have a system even more complex than your average mobile phone contract!I am doing battle with them at the moment over getting my tariff changed from non-resident to resident, despite sending them sheafs of proof of residency including a 15 Euro franca da bollo they are now complaining that their archive address does not appear identical to my current address and therefore more forms etc..........
Don't bother buying , just not worth it. Hire , possibly through holiday autos etc for the best deal.
Can you travel in by rail? in which case an integrato ticket will cover you for a return journey and all travel within Rome for a day. We are about 45 min from Rome and they cost 7 euros!
Just a word of warning - the Po valley has the greatest number of UFO sightings in europe, it also has the highest consumption of red wine! (allegedly)
That's an awful lot of sq metres per kilowatt. Personally I think solar electricity for domestic use is a non-starter except for very specialised circumstances and then only if you can be very careful about usage levels. As for solar hot water systems, yes they can work, particularly well in high summer but who needs lashings of hot water at that time of year? Now if you could use that hot water to produce air conditioning - now you're talking!
I have been in Tuscany in winter and it was very cold.I think your chances of survival in the open are not good, even with fleece protectionThere is a balcony garden nearby (Lazio) and they do very well with bougainvillea but in winter the plants benefit from the protection afforded by the balcony above and the pots are set well back.