Vocha, Corinthia, Greece

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Hilary

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Vocha, Corinthia, Greece
« on: February 23, 2016, 05:04:18 PM »
I always thought the name  Vocha, Βόχας, referred to the flat plain next to the sea west of Corinth.  Trying to find some information about the name it seems to refer to the low lying hills behind the plain also.  The farmers on the plain grow oranges and lemons and in the, not too distant, past a great deal of apricots.
The higher ground is given over to grape vines  and olive trees.
Here are a couple of photos of an olive grove last Sunday
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Re: Vocha, Corinthia, Greece
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2016, 06:14:50 PM »
Is everything very early this year? What you show here is what we normally see in April in Halkidiki. I have seen so many photos of wild flowers from Greece the last month which I did not expect to see this early.
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Umbrian

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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2016, 07:58:46 AM »
Well here in Italy where the winter, so far, has been very mild, the garden and the birds think it is spring.
Many plants are flowering much earlier than usual, primroses and violets in abundance everywhere and in the garden Mimosa, Coranilla glauca, Jasmine mesnyi, Clematis armandii....not to forget some Erigeron karvanskianus left untrimmed last year. Am trying to enjoy the display whilst I can, who knows what March might bring.
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Hilary

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Re: Vocha, Corinthia, Greece
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2016, 12:08:29 PM »
Well it certainly looks as if spring has arrived.
If there are so many flowers now I don't know what we will find to make a May Wreath when the time comes!
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Re: Vocha, Corinthia, Greece
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2016, 12:37:33 PM »
More  photos from Vocha
A vineyard knee deep in wild flowers.
A view from higher up over the area with its vineyards, olive groves and the village of Kalentzi.
The Gulf of Corinth is visible to the left and, with a bit of imagination, the Saronic Gulf can also be seen to the right of Akrokorinthos
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Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2016, 01:20:35 PM »
Found these out of season flowers today, the surprises never stop.
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Hilary

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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2016, 08:37:27 AM »
An orchard of fruit trees in blossom near Kalentzi  at the end of February.
I can't decide just which tree they are. Are they apricot trees, cherry trees or what?
Would someone please enlighten me?
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Hilary

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Re: Vocha, Corinthia, Greece
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2022, 05:50:11 AM »
 A VENETIAN AQUADUCT NEAR ASSOS, CORINTHIA
This aqueduct was built during the time of the second Venetian rule of the area, 1687-1715. We heard about it recently and on May 1st went in search of it

 Because the water bridge is built within a river bed it is not visible from the road. Access to the bridge is either down a gravel path or a wandering walk through an olive grove. I took the walk through the olive grove and we were both suitably impressed when we caught sight of the bridge.
There were wild flowers growing around the piers and even in the holes which had been used for the wooden scaffolding. There were also some wild flowers growing in the bed of the river which was dry when we saw it but must have held rainwater in the winter
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Re: Vocha, Corinthia, Greece
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2023, 07:00:42 AM »
Early March 2023
Searching for Almond trees in Corinthia

We went for a drive on the winding country road which connects Vrachati with Ancient Nemea stopping at Halki to return down to the coast again.

The view from Halki was beautiful and if the sky had been clearer there was probably a glimpse of the sea and the mountains across the gulf.

 The olive groves were carpeted with wild flowers
The vineyards were still in winter mode.
Sheep, or were they goats, were eating in a very green field.
Then we found a wild almond tree by the side of the road and managed to get a few photographs 
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Hilary

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Re: Vocha, Corinthia, Greece
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2023, 06:00:51 AM »
On May 1st we went out in the light drizzle to find flowers for our May Wreath on the flat fertile plain between Acrocorinth and the sea.
The area is full of tidy, and not so tidy, olive groves, vineyards and orchards of fruit trees.

Here are a few photographs.
Acrocorinth looming over the plain.
A vineyard with a warning sign.
ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ             
ΑΝ ΜΠΕΙΣ
ΕΙΣΑΙ ΝΕΚΡΟΣ
Ελα αν τολμας! 

WARNING
IF YOU ENTER
YOU ARE DEAD
Come if you dare

A small fruit tree outside a fence.
Very many poppies behind a fence.
Poppies and blue pipes, we have no idea what the pipes are for.
Some white poppies and double pink poppies next to a ditch.
And an old olive press which had been in use from 1900 to 1950
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care