{"id":1276,"date":"2020-12-01T12:51:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzeriailtimone.it\/lorto\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T15:03:34","slug":"our-vegetable-garden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pizzeriailtimone.it\/en\/our-vegetable-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Vegetable Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In our vegetable garden, we grow fresh seasonal vegetables, herbs such as sage, rosemary, thyme, marjoram, and wild greens, all of which we use in the kitchen to add character to our typical Ligurian dishes. Rising just above Portovenere, overlooking the sea and Palmaria Island, the Timone vegetable garden flourishes in a hillside setting, nestled within a 420-plant olive grove, and comprises approximately 8 thousand square meters.<\/p>\n

We grow the seasonal vegetables in the shade of our olive trees, in a traditional terraced garden with dry stone walls, the typical ones made without cement: they are simply stones that hold themselves up thanks to the skill and expertise of those who built them. To get to our garden, we walk to Portovenere\u2019s square, Piazza Bastreri, and climb a steep, beautiful staircase that leads to the left of Doria Castle. That\u2019s where the Timone vegetable garden is, right beside the Castle.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” css=”.vc_custom_1608205099573{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1622801577417{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”508″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1622801584414{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Philosophy” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]The philosophy that lies behind, and within, the Timone vegetable garden is inextricably linked to the course of nature. But what is \u201cnatural\u201d? All that is not artificial. Irrigation, for instance, is supplied by rainfall: we collect the rainwater from the roofs of the chicken coop, toolshed, and house, and channel it into the well, and we have water collection containers everywhere in the garden so that irrigation is carried out thanks to rainwater only. It\u2019s a sound, conscious and sustainable choice that limits water waste. We don\u2019t use any artificial products or compounds to boost growth and production. We sow and grow our vegetables and herbs naturally, according to the flow of the seasons. So we have sunny years that bring better crops, and rainy ones that make everything slower. What we believe, and strive to do at the Timone vegetable garden, is that nature should be favored and fostered, rather than forced. Because if you reach out to nature, nature will eventually reach out to you. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1622801696699{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”154″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1622801688653{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1607081927294{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”147″ img_size=”590X590″ css=”.vc_custom_1607081878263{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Our extra-virgin olive oil” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]We started producing extra-virgin olive oil from our trees in the Timone vegetable garden a couple of years ago. Our garden measures approximately 8.000 square meters and enjoys spectacular exposure: kissed by the sun from dawn to dusk! We harvest our olives fairly early in the year, generally in mid-September, before they start turning black. Picking the olives when they\u2019re still almost green ensures we get a longer-lasting, wonderfully scented oil with perfect acidity. The Timone vegetable garden oil is cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil. Our 420 olive trees comprise different cultivars, specifically Razzola, Leccino, Taggisca and Preveza. This last one, typical of Portovenere, produces cherry-shaped olives that give our EVO a distinctive and elegant note.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”267″ img_size=”590X590″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”247″ img_size=”590X590″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1622801808258{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”Our seeds’ memories” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

When we first started farming the garden, we noticed that the seeds we had sown needed much more water than we could possibly supply. So, we decided to experiment, thinking \u201clet\u2019s keep track of how much these plants grow, and how much produce they yield. Maybe next year they\u2019ll remember our water shortage and behave differently\u201d. Three-four years have passed since, and the more time goes by, the more our seeds understand that we don\u2019t have extra water to waste. Needless to say, quantities aren\u2019t lavish, but our production is 100% natural, linked to the seasons and rainfall. We don\u2019t use artificial aids. What does the word \u201cnatural\u201d mean to us? All that nature gives us, without external or outsourced inputs. We\u2019re happy and proud of the way we work, and we should all remember that we are what we eat. When we cook our homegrown zucchini, or zucchini flowers, at the restaurant, our eyes shine with pride. And our clients always notice.<\/p>\n

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