Last year (2021) we were in Lentella in October during the olive harvesting season. The olives are harvested with an abbacchiatore. It is sort of like two large hands clapping. The general rule is for a small number of trees, harvest by hand. Up to 40 trees use an electric abbacchiatore run from a car … More Olive Oil

After installing the fire in December, our geometra (architect, work manager) kindly turned up with a small sampling of logs and kindling from his own stock, enough for 4 or 5 days. That got us started and able to fire up the fire. We needed more logs. We were late in the year and many … More Logs for the Camino (fire place)

We first moved in during the winter and it was very cold, we had no form of heating. Prior to our first arrival in October, we organized to have dirty work done and the house painted white. This involved removing the old open fireplace that was at an awkward angle and inefficient although very romantic. … More Fire (heating not disaster!)

We desperately need a kitchen area, 2nd highest priority after a bed, the bed is done so now on to the kitchen. We have a small kitchen area. We planned a full kitchen, oven, dishwasher, etc. but could not easily fit it all in without expanding into the living room area. We decided to put … More Kitchen