this was a month of planting, seeding, transplanting, soil preparation and the BIG part: the water system for the veggie-field. we got the whole place surrounded by an electric fence - for/against wild boar and porcupine. Jon just worked and worked. he even got an old bale of hay pushed in our brave car and mulched around the plants. my job is more the beautifying of the place - outside - the inside is getting 
sloppier, more every day of sunshine. we were soo hungry for this italian spring days, when just everything in this little world feels right/light. i got all the seedlings 
who decided to give it a try, in the ground and if this silly white ducks stop eating them, we will have a lot of little poppy heads winking in the sun.we harvested our fava beans, had a wonderful meal with them al fresco and ate the peas fresh out of the shell. they were already wilting,
we had temperatures in the 90F/30C. the greens in front of the house are doing very well: arugula and head-salad, spinach, garlic and cress and yesterday we had a sorrel/sauerampfer soup/suppe with potatoes. i never thought i will ever cook so much:-)the first guests at the neighbor house came and left after 10 gorgeous days back to cold and rainy hamburg. very nice people, i was happy to be their housekeeper and the dogs were as nice too. we had them over when i made "hollerkücherl", baked elderberry flowers and we had a lot of fun.
but the very best day with this fantastic weather was in the mountains. we could not beleave that we are here since last july and made it the first time in the sibillians, it is just 40 minutes away. this was just breathtaking beautiful:
orchids mixed with daffodils and flowers i do not know, perfectly colored blossom sprinkled meadows to the horizont and now this: WE WERE ALL BY OUR SELF! how is this possible? in usa would be thousands of people, huge parking lots with over sized vehicles/drivers, a stand with soda machines and signs with cautions. this is how the world looked like and still does in this corner, we are so happy we found this.