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Fig Chronicles: Frank Miceli

Fig Chronicles: Frank Miceli

Fig Trees, Heirloom, TraditionsMary MennitiFebruary 25, 2021 Comments

Corpora Family Fig Trees

Corpora Family Fig Trees

Mary MennitiFebruary 15, 2021Comment

Episode IV in our video series - Seed Saving with Fenice

Episode IV in our video series - Seed Saving with Fenice

Seed Saving, Traditions, Heirloom, Gardens, GardenersMary MennitiJanuary 18, 2021Comment

The Italian Immigrants Who Grew Fig Trees in Unlikely Places

The Italian Immigrants Who Grew Fig Trees in Unlikely Places

Fig Trees, Gardeners, Gardens, Heirloom, In The News, Seed Saving, TraditionsMary MennitiDecember 18, 2020 Comments

Preserving the Italian Vegetable Garden in America

Preserving the Italian Vegetable Garden in America

In The News, TraditionsMary MennitiNovember 3, 2020Comment

Episode III in our video series - Nicola and Fenice's Garden

Episode III in our video series - Nicola and Fenice's Garden

Seed Saving, Traditions, Heirloom, Gardeners, Gardens, Fig TreesMary MennitiOctober 30, 2020Comment

Keeping up with the Italian American Gardener

Keeping up with the Italian American Gardener

Gardeners, GardensMary MennitiOctober 2, 2020grapes, mosto cotto, olives, winemaking Comments

Episode II in our video series - Pasquale's Garden

Episode II in our video series - Pasquale's Garden

Gardeners, Gardens, Heirloom, In The News, TraditionsMary MennitiAugust 27, 2020Comment

Meet Domenico

Meet Domenico

Gardens, Gardeners, Heirloom, TraditionsMary MennitiAugust 22, 2020 Comments

Announcing the First Episode in our New Video Series: Tomato Staking and Pruning

Announcing the First Episode in our New Video Series: Tomato Staking and Pruning

Gardeners, Gardens, Chickens, Fig Trees, In The News, TraditionsMary MennitiJuly 30, 2020Comment

Braiding Onions and Garlic

Braiding Onions and Garlic

Traditions, GardenersMary MennitiJuly 20, 2020food, gardening, gardens, garlic, garlic braiding, Italian, onion braiding, onions, traditions Comments

Italian American Podcast - June 8, 2020

Italian American Podcast - June 8, 2020

In The NewsMary MennitiJune 16, 2020 Comments

Tools of the Garden - Weathered Works of Art

Tools of the Garden - Weathered Works of Art

Traditions, ToolsMary MennitiJune 1, 2020Comment

Guardians of the Garden

Guardians of the Garden

Gardens, TraditionsMary MennitiMay 21, 2020 Comment

The Italian Garden Project™ Explained

The Italian Garden Project™ Explained

Gardeners, Gardens, Heirloom, TraditionsMary MennitiJanuary 1, 2020 Comments

Alessandro says: Time to Uncover that Fig Tree

Alessandro says: Time to Uncover that Fig Tree

Traditions, Fig TreesMary MennitiApril 11, 2017fig trees Comments

Italian Gardeners: The Next Generation

Italian Gardeners: The Next Generation

Gardeners, Gardens, Fig Trees, TraditionsMary MennitiMarch 5, 2017 Comment

An Afternoon in Italy in California

An Afternoon in Italy in California

Gardens, GardenersElise CanupDecember 2, 2016california, food, Italian American, Italian foodComment

Italian Gardeners Bloom Wherever They are Planted

Italian Gardeners Bloom Wherever They are Planted

Gardeners, GardensElise CanupNovember 26, 2016california, flower industry, greenhouse, hothouse, Italian American, San Francisco Comments

On the Road: New York

On the Road: New York

Gardens, GardenersMary MennitiNovember 8, 2016Brooklyn, gardening, gardens, Italian, Italian American, Italian American gardens, long island, New York, New York City, staten island Comment