National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago, where a delightfully Mediterranean and island climate reigns, which favors the growth of beautiful evergreen plants with very small flowers such as broom. But in this beautiful area, unmissable, there are also large forests of holm oak and a flora rich in Phoenician juniper, myrtle, the wonderful heather, good rosemary, the note lavender.
Tremiti Islands Marine Reserve is a trip to be planned without any reservations, even if only for the nickname that these 5 lands, the only islands of the Adriatic, have earned: "Pearls of the Adriatic". The archipelago-family is made up of three older sisters - San Domino, San Nicola and Caprara - an islet in the middle of them, the Cretaccio, and a last shy islet, Pianosa, 11 to the North East.
Soy, also called "bean of Japan" or "big bean", is a legume with a high nutritional value and is the only one to have an almost complete amino acid picture. We find it used both in the food and industrial sectors, with its grain, for example, oils for margarines, salads and desserts are produced but also soaps, inks, insecticides, adhesives and disinfectants.
Pimpinella, a name that sounds like a nursery rhyme for children, isn't but kids like it a lot and I bet few know why. I reveal it immediately, this plant, which is then known as Anica, in the green version is the basis of the beloved blue-colored ice cream flavor: the Smurf! Pimpinella and Smurf, therefore, are relatives, but this plant is much more than a sky-colored ice cream flavor, it has many properties that will also appeal to adults who, like me, prefer the amarena variegato to the Smurf.
Ancient fruits, not from Jurassic Park, we are talking about the postwar period. Ancient, yes, and no one is offended, we are not talking about human beings but about fruits. Of industrial agriculture, of biodiversity. With some suggestions for those who, intrigued by this article, want to go to know and buy ancient fruits.
