by richmond@boggioli.com | Apr 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
The cuckoo is back from its winter sojourn in Africa. I heard the distinctive call on 30 March from lower down our valley while I was pruning an olive tree. The bird is very punctual; it always seems to arrive in Tuscany in the last days of March. Compared with...
by richmond@boggioli.com | Mar 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Now we know what that really means, alas! We are under complete lockdown like the rest of Italy and watch with horror what is going on in other parts of the country and progressively in other parts of the world. Yes, pandemic is right. Living on a ridge 3 km from the...
by richmond@boggioli.com | Feb 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Now that our new web site has been tested and is now up and running, it is time to get started on the new Boggioli blog. The 2019 harvest is long gone and we are busy sending the new oil to our friends and customers all over the world. On the farm we have just...
by richmond@boggioli.com | Aug 29, 2015 | boggioli, history, the farm
August 29th, 2015 I find it hard to believe. Forty years have passed since I first set foot on Boggioli soil, my first tentative steps towards the azienda agricola of today and prize-winning extra virgin olive oil. The entry for my diary of 25 August 1975 reads:...
by richmond@boggioli.com | Feb 20, 2014 | boggioli, the farm, weather
February 20th, 2014 I am talking about the rain. We have just had 7 days without a drop, the longest period since early December, and now the rain has started all over again and looks like continuing. Luckily we took advantage of a few dry days at the beginning of the...
