Homesteading Photo Stories - Early Earl Gray, Pumpkins and Topinambur
I took this sneaky picture of Clare enjoying an early earl grey tea, around 6:40 this morning. She is not looking at the orange gloves ( that she wore yesterday to cement some…
Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman
Homesteading in rural Italy
Life is not always what it seems
I took this photo two days ago. What does it make you think of? The first thing I think about, when I look at it, is wild fires. Knowing how many of those there seem to be…
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Scouting around the Ghost Village of Unga Island
Hiking up verdant green hills, filled with wildflowers across from the deserted village of Unga. One of my favorite stops on our expedition cruise along the…
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Biodiversity Abounds!
Hallo Dear Hive Garden Friends! It has been a long while since I shared in this community, as we've…
The Waiting ( is the hardest part )
A week and a half ago, Clare and I shook hands on buying our anziano neighbor's property. It is a plot of land with plenty of fruit trees ( cherry, apple, fig, walnut ), a fenced…
Figs, walnuts, olives to cure an energy hangover
Yesterday, I felt pretty overwhelmed and, frankly, a bit depressed. I literally struggled to express myself ( both on here and to @clareartista ) and spend most of the time…
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The Big Freeze!❄🌨🌟
The weather forecast website had hinted at a cold spell sweeping in, but we were not…
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Un evento tristemente positivo | A sad but positive event
Este último tiempo disfrute mucho de estar encerrado en casa componiendo canciones y trabajando en la huerta, sin embargo mi cómodo es proceso ha llegado a su fin ya que me…
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Cacca Mountains and Showering Outside:
Our adventures in gardening on our sovereign homestead continue.... We got stuck-in…
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Leaving A(n Italian) Garden After 15 yrs...
Dearest Hive Gardeners 🌳🐛💐 Today we had a small (possibly our very final) jaunt down into the (now almost completely overgrown) gardens below our Arthouse in Guardia S.…