Gardeners of le marche:i am looking for advice on how to plant an olive grove from scratch in le marche (with productive trees). what sort do i buy? do you know a good source to buy them from? how old/big should the trees be when i plant them?
in fact, in s-marche there is just the carisap in comunanza and another by the piazza in amandola that I know of and have used with a uk card. all other banks: my experience is the same as brancusi's.
Hi, I found the following Q+A online, which may help you. Q: Sticky sap is dropping from our oak tree and it is turning the deck black. It can be washed off but within days it is covered again. Is this something I can prevent? A: Your oak tree isn't shedding sap, you have an aphid problem. The black stuff on your deck is called "sooty mold" which is the waste that the aphids release after sucking the juices from your oak trees leaves. In other words this sap is the "poop" of the aphid. After a while the sticky excrement develops a black mold and this is what you are seeing on your deck. The only way to keep this from happening is to keep washing off the deck on a weekly basis or treat the oak tree for aphids, if it isn't too big for you to do yourself. Any approved insecticide for the control of aphids will work. Liquid "Sevin" is ideal for this. I can almost bet that you also have an ant problem on your tree also. The ants feed on this excrement that the aphids release. Get rid of the aphids and your sooty mold problem will be gone too. Hope this answers your question. Best wishes!
this article was written because they have something to sell.the story ('the neighbours stare, working on a farm is hard work") is neither news, nor advice, but plays up to cynical londoners without an exit strategy. and saying in essence "we hate the place, but we happily make money from it" is not flattering for italy or the author.
brancusi, it would be very interesting also to hear other house renovators' personal experiences with their architects, local or not, that we could learn from. your italian is excellent indeed. bravo!
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in fact, in s-marche there is just the carisap in comunanza and another by the piazza in amandola that I know of and have used with a uk card. all other banks: my experience is the same as brancusi's.
Hi, I found the following Q+A online, which may help you. Q: Sticky sap is dropping from our oak tree and it is turning the deck black. It can be washed off but within days it is covered again. Is this something I can prevent? A: Your oak tree isn't shedding sap, you have an aphid problem. The black stuff on your deck is called "sooty mold" which is the waste that the aphids release after sucking the juices from your oak trees leaves. In other words this sap is the "poop" of the aphid. After a while the sticky excrement develops a black mold and this is what you are seeing on your deck. The only way to keep this from happening is to keep washing off the deck on a weekly basis or treat the oak tree for aphids, if it isn't too big for you to do yourself. Any approved insecticide for the control of aphids will work. Liquid "Sevin" is ideal for this. I can almost bet that you also have an ant problem on your tree also. The ants feed on this excrement that the aphids release. Get rid of the aphids and your sooty mold problem will be gone too. Hope this answers your question. Best wishes!
i can recommend this one. a follow up to Penny's recommendtion i think. super-lush as well!http://www.amazon.co.uk/Italian-Rustic-Elizabeth-Helman-Minchilli/dp/1579653642/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258546379&sr=8-1F
this article was written because they have something to sell.the story ('the neighbours stare, working on a farm is hard work") is neither news, nor advice, but plays up to cynical londoners without an exit strategy. and saying in essence "we hate the place, but we happily make money from it" is not flattering for italy or the author.
brancusi, it would be very interesting also to hear other house renovators' personal experiences with their architects, local or not, that we could learn from. your italian is excellent indeed. bravo!
Thank you very very much sebastiano for your tips! i can't wait to start now. do you have any pictures of your olive grove?f.
...for pointing me to the old forum which i wasn't aware of. hopefully i'll soon have experiences of my own to share, so watch this space!