What would you like to eat?

This cute video tells how Roberto and Mattia built build a wood-burning oven reusing everything that was already present in the farm: a barrel, pieces of iron,  chestnut poles, mud and horse manure. Not a euro spent. We also recycled the old pipes of a heater. In the...

The season that there isn’t

Once half seasons were gone. Now seems to have returned to the detriment of whole seasons; last fall lasted six months, and last spring, perhaps the only one in recent years, it is not over yet. Some positive side of this long season actually there: pleasant...

ARETHA Costa del Grillo

I’m proud to announce that few days ago we officially started the ARETHA Costa del Grillo, the third and the first productive prototype of ARETHA system. ARETHA means AiR Exchange THermal Assembly and is a new simple, light and cheap Flat Plate Solar Thermal...

Ride with the Butteri

This year as part of the event Piacenza-Maremma 2013, the  Duchessa Farm toghether with Costa del Grillo is pleased to present: Ride with the Butteri Horse riding with the Butteri (the maremma cowboys)  along the river Trebbia and the sourronding hills. The program...

At last the Summer!

When I was a child I found a singular coincidence that every Easter there was a full moon. Later, with a bit of disappointment, I found that Easter is celebrated during the first spring’s full moon. This year during the summer solstice there was a real...

For a little while yet

For a little while yet and the white will be replaced by an infinite number of colors. For a little while yet and the breath won’t be seen anymore in front of the nose. For a little while yet and the bitter cold will be just a memory. For a little while yet and...
Azienda Agricola Costa del Grillo