I am writing this blog to share information and my experiences with any one who has an interest in gardening, wine making, and visiting interesting places in the United States of America, Northern Greece, and elsewhere.
While we are both American citizens and we have a home in a small city in New Hampshire, my wife and I live in this small community of Paliouri, Greece, for much of the year, and we have been doing this for the past ten years. We bought the four stremma, approximately one acre, plot of land in this village almost thirty years ago. We started the foundation for our house on the plot just a few years after purchasing the land, and at various times over the past twenty-six years we have planted olive and other fruit trees on it, built and outfitted a home, planted a small vineyard, and established several garden plots for flowers and vegetables. In that time we have also traveled considerably both within the USA and Greece and we have traveled to other parts of the world as well.
As an American living part-time abroad, I have come to learn much about the habits and culture of the Greek people. It has been filled with and continues to be full of wonderful learning experiences which include occasional donkey serenades and flocks of sheep and goats. At times this blog will feature some of those and other experiences. My wife just mentioned that we might be early yet, but tomorrow we should go and look for some volvous (βολβούς). I'll tell you all about them at a later time.
While we are both American citizens and we have a home in a small city in New Hampshire, my wife and I live in this small community of Paliouri, Greece, for much of the year, and we have been doing this for the past ten years. We bought the four stremma, approximately one acre, plot of land in this village almost thirty years ago. We started the foundation for our house on the plot just a few years after purchasing the land, and at various times over the past twenty-six years we have planted olive and other fruit trees on it, built and outfitted a home, planted a small vineyard, and established several garden plots for flowers and vegetables. In that time we have also traveled considerably both within the USA and Greece and we have traveled to other parts of the world as well.
As an American living part-time abroad, I have come to learn much about the habits and culture of the Greek people. It has been filled with and continues to be full of wonderful learning experiences which include occasional donkey serenades and flocks of sheep and goats. At times this blog will feature some of those and other experiences. My wife just mentioned that we might be early yet, but tomorrow we should go and look for some volvous (βολβούς). I'll tell you all about them at a later time.
