As all good Italian homes are equipped with window boxes, ours is no exception. However, all of our plants were dead before I could even cause their destruction so we had 4 boxes of dirt. I asked our neighbor Angela where she goes locally for plants. It turns out the green houses next to our driveway is her aunt and uncle's wholesale nursery. Lucky for me! She took me over, we had some translated conversation and I walked away with 40 Euro worth of plants for 24 Euro. On the way over, Angela would point at a house and say "this is my uncle" or "this is my cousin" and introduced me to everyone in the neighborhood, which are mostly all relatives. The land here was her grandfather's, and while the people that live in that house aren't related, the rest of the neighbors are. So, we have now been inducted as part of the extended family and are waved to instead of being looked at suspiciously!
