#13 Closing the trench, moving stones & gardening - Renovating a 200-year old farm in Italy
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- In January 2023 we (a Belgian-Dutch couple) bought a 200-year old farm in the hills of Piedmont. In July we moved all our belongings to Italy to start this new adventure. We are gradually settling in and tackling the jobs that need to happen before winter arrives. We're tackling this huge project step by step, task by task, permit by permit - doing most of the work ourselves. You're joining us at the very beginning of our journey.
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I adore your channel! The relaxed pace, perfectly selected music, and outstanding editing are surpassed only by the stunning landscape and appreciation of nature. I have gone back to the beginning and binge-watched every episode. Thank you for sharing your adventure!
So nice how you tip your hat, it is so respectful! In the eighties I had an 88 year old customer who always did that when he entered my shop, with a Good morning, Madam! I loved it!
The orange leaves could have sun-scald. In the area just North of Rome and throughout Tuscany, I’ve seen the people growing grapes set up various ways to shade the grapevines and grapes from the intense Mediterranean sun. You may need to rig some sort of awning that can be open or closed so your grapes or other plants don’t get “cooked”!
Although different projects, your videos produce in me the same pacifying effect that I get in watching Martijin Doolaard videos. Another Dutch who lives in the same province: Cuneo, but up in the mountains of Val Pellice.
Now I have 2 very restoring channels dear to my heart. Thank you for all your sharings!
[I am not done yet in watching all the videos you posted! I just discovered yesterday your channel n subscribed!]
Welcome to our channel and glad to hear you're enjoying our project. We love Martijn's videos and project too :-)
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Watching the clearing of the overgrown brush off your stone wall was so satisfying. What a wonderful way to start the day:) Hope you enjoyed your week of peaceful solitude!
Hi Isis & Bertus, Nice seeing you again working on the Farmhouse. Shaping order in the working tools is essential wrenches and other tools in the right numbers make the use of it easy to use, Liked very much the reusing of old stones for the closing of the water trench, Hard work but well worth to be done. And all the other stuff to be done in and around the Farmhouse👍🏻🇮🇹🛠.Greetings.Hubertus🙏🏻🇳🇱☮🇳🇴
it's lovely to have your tools in order ❤️
Another Australian logging in to say Hi! I was wondering whether the new “rock garden” on the patio would be a great place to house a few plants until the rocks are used? The paving work that you both did was very satisfying to watch. It’s great you are preparing for the winter mud and puddles. Regards Susan from Hobart. P.S. Our Clematis and Syringas are blooming; as your season wanes ours blossoms!
aaaah enjoy the blossoms while they last ❤️ already looking forward to our lilacs in spring. the little ones maybe won't have any flowers yet, but there's also an established lilac bush on the property ❤️
Sometimes its hard to get that vital quiet time to foster creative thinking. I’m pleased for you that you have that for a little while. Another simple but inspiring episode. Thanks Isis. Regards from Australia.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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I love your videos, but please do not be the kind of foreigners that reduce the richness of Italian food culture to "pizza and gelato", no matter where, from Aosta to Palermo... every place has its unique specialties, worth discovering.
please don't judge people based on two words in one video. eating pizza and gelato was precisely what we did in acqui terme. the night before we enjoyed carne crudo and ravioli del plin in our village ristorante. last week we prepared tagliatelle with tartufo nero that we bought from our local truffle hunter. pizza and gelato are a part of life in the whole of italy. there's no point in pretending it isn't so.
thank you for editing your comment. i hope you will find that we are not the kind of foreigners to reduce italian food culture to just pizza and gelato. 😘
I love seeing the small jobs you do, such as hanging the tools, and putting hooks on the windows.
As you mentioned at the end, you have a new way of life. Be sure to take enough time for yourself to 'do nothing'. (Not even gardening, because that is for the house.) We moved just over 5 years ago, and sometimes I have to remind myself to 'do nothing', even if it is just 10 minutes sitting outside with a cup of tea in the morning. 💙
there's a lot of small jobs that need tackling in between the bigger ones! sometimes it feels frustrating but at other times it's a welcome change ❤️
More great photography, beautifully framed - shots through doorways or by the sides of walls and trees in the foreground drawing viewers into what's going on or being observed.
I love the gentle pace of your videos, I'm sure they reflect your way of life.
thank you for appreciating our filmwork ❤️
Sadly my morning garden time is coming to an end here in Western Canada as the temperatures drop. However, my mornings sometimes went to afternoons because once you start its hard to stop. Thanks for taking us on the day trips.
Glad you enjoyed coming along on our trips, and yes, once you start gardening it's hard to stop! It's can get you into a kind of trance almost, sometimes :-)
I'm on my 2nd live-in renovation project and I find it difficult to get a break from it while surrounded by chaos!
Having company is an excellent way to "force" yourselves to take much needed breaks. Not to mention how lucky you are to have such gorgeous places to explore with them!!
What a stunning country, every video makes me see how easy it is to fall in love with Italy 😍
oooh yes living in the middle of it is challenging! that's one of the reasons that we're first focusing on making part of the house a least a little bit comfortable!
Another great video, thank you :)
I am also going through the process of a new way of life and I’m learning that it takes time to work out how this new way will fit in all that is needed as well as what is hoped for.
Where you are is so incredibly beautiful :) Acqui Terme looked stunning. I guess it must be very old?
Am I right that you are putting some form of planting in the trench areas that you didn’t put the rocks on?
I look forward to your next video and to watch the seasons slowly change . Thanks again.
good luck with your process ❤️
acqui terme is very old. there are still some visible traces of the ancient roman town.
The varied subjects, photography and story telling of your beautiful house renovation is a joy to watch! The window hook project and wrench holder projects were my favorite. Your idea of a stone path to cover the trench is going to turn out great!
Thank you for sharing your favourite scenes with us! We are SO happy with both the window hooks and the organized tools. Both make our everyday life noticeably more convenient.
Love your videos! Your mother is absolutely beautiful 😊
Thank you so much! And yes, I agree. I love seeing her in her element among the plants and the flowers.
I love following your journey. Thank you for sharing. It's a beautiful property and I look forward to years of restoration. The stone work out front is lovely and practical.
Thanks for watching Arleen!
How wonderful to have family visit what a beautiful blessing and to share and enjoy your new villa and also do some traveling so happy for your Family 💗
sharing the cascina with friends and family over the summer has been wonderful!
October 1st and it is still 85 degrees F here in Southern Illinois. I just came in from doing my gardening chores, sat down to take a break and turned on my RUclips....yep, more people gardening in the heat. Somehow it is easier to watch you tahn it is to actually do it.
it wasn't quite that hot here but still warm. the evening air feels more like summer than fall for sure!
La cinématographie s’améliore d’épisode en épisode , c’est un plaisir de vous suivre!
Merci beaucoup
Everything is just so beautiful there. Thanks for sharing your magical property ❤
You are so welcome!
What I learned with the grasshoppers they don’t like flour I sprinkled a little on the plant leaves and they stay away 😊enjoy watching your channel
oooh thank you! we will give that a try!
Gardening does bring calmness to mind and body. It is a wonderful way to start a new day. I'm so glad you got some time by yourself to ground and think and start to settle in. It's lovely to have visitors, and it allows you to see things with new eyes and new appreciation, and that is wonderful. But that alone time to recharge is so important. Good for you for making that space.
So true! A good combination of both is the best :-)
Very nice sharing I love following your journey
I enjoy your videos so much and you both work so hard. I will love being a part of your journey and watching you make this beautiful location your new home. 😊
Thank you so much! Happy to have you here, John!
Lovely video as always....the first shot just made me realize how big the Cascina is....and so much more with all the other buildings.
oh yes it's quite huge! we jokingly call it "our village" 🤣
@@storiesfromthecascina yeah there even a Chapel 😋
I'm guessing the first word one would need to learn in Italian is "shovel"... 🤪
yes, "badile" is a useful word 😅
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The gardening is a constant, so having your morning routine will go a long way in keeping a hand on it. Also a wonderful way to start the day, before the heat.👍
yes, there's definitely a lot of gardening in our future 🥰
20:53 : cappuccino after 11 AM? Not done in Italy.
But seemed to me SIL and hubby were contemplating while viewing the towns with more than casual interest.
It was still before lunchtime for us so I think it was passable :-) Isis makes a very poor Italian in that she doesn't drink coffee at all :-P
I'm a new sub and catching up on your videos. How lovely to watch such lovely people in a gloriously rustic environment. For years I enjoyed a similar life in Catalunya: now having health issues, but I can still share in other people's experiences by watching their videos. You both have a good range of skills! :o) My ancient stone house was so irregular the builders couldn't use a laser level hehe.
I found your channel a few days ago when you put up that year in Italy. Since then I have been looking at what you have been getting up to more toughly.
I decided that what you bought is a gem & because of this those of us that are following you should we have been in your poison would have done the same.
I have seen other channels where the person/people who have the property have asked for help & some watchers have moved in to help (I think just for a place to sleep & food). As for your gem if you where to do this you would have to fight to discourage people volunteering. That is how good your decision was to buy your new home.
In 1 of your earlier episode's when you were going through somewhere to buy, showing maps etc. Is it possible for you to put up a map with you home, buildings & land area. I would love to be able to say "That is in your boundary" when you fly your drone, or when you are just looking at the view.
Thank you - your channel is 1 of the better 1's to flow.
Diotomaceous earth will kill most crawling insects without the use of chemicals. I use it on my garden around plants that look nibbled. So far it has worked quite well. Do be aware that you need to use a fine particulate mask when you spread it as it is full of crystalline silica which is terrible for your lungs. It is the fineness of baking flour. And you don’t need to use lots of it!
Your home & property is so beautiful! Blessings & Love from Dallas! ❤
thank you nancy!
Interesting and loved the birds singing in the background.
Lovely villages but both totally empty - not one person barr the waiter. Is this a quite time?
Looks like you need some rain, the ground seems very dry.... it will come soon, fall is coming and it will be mushroom and chestnut season.... yay!
I've seen that horrible vine cover entire deserted towns! 😳
the rain came! ❤️ the soil was definitely wetter when it just came out of the ground but a few weeks was enough to completely dry out the heaps. and yes, doesn't surprise me that the wild clematis can conquer whole deserted towns!
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A renewed pleasure again. Thank you
Thank you too!
Its nice to spend time alone in a new place to really bond with it.
Lovely, I am enjoying your style.
I just found your channel so trying to catch up to more current content but don’t want to just skip ahead.. love your format and I really enjoy watching the progress. I do have a question though… I love how you enjoy your meals outdoors at the rustic table you made.. do you not have mosquitoes there? I’m in Alabama USA.. eating outside at dusk would not be very pleasant!
It depends a little on the season and how much rain we've had. We have more mosquitos the past weeks than normal because of the wet spring and rising temperatures, but overall no crazy amounts of mosquitos because of elevation (550m above sea level on top of a hill so we get a fair amount of wind, which helps!).
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Such a beautiful area, loads to see and appreciate.❤
We have the same problem with scorching sun in the summer time. We have purchased 40% garden shade cloth to cover beds and greenhouses to keep our plants from dying in the fierce sun and drought. 70% shade cloth hangs down from our front porch to allow us to sit on the west side of the house in afternoons. Sun sails protect us on our patio. And then we have learned to work under our trees in the mornings before it gets too hot to be outside. We had 96 days without rain this past summer and over 60 days of temperatures that hovered around 105 degrees F.
luckily the days that the temperature goes over a 100 degrees here in the north of italy are rare!
😂 It was hilarious.👍
Another relaxing video. Thank you for sharing.
Our pleasure!
Slowly, slowly - slow & steady wins the race ...
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Those wildly overgrowing vines almost look like some kind of wild clematis. Whatever it is, it is clearly invasive and out of control. I don’t think it’s kudzu, which is a horrible problem in forest preserves in the USA, but whatever you’ve got there requires, unfortunately, like kudzu, that you keep after it, since it can smother other, more desirable plants, like roses or fruit trees. Plants compete. I have a very aggressive clematis (Huldine) that must be pruned a couple of times a year to keep it in its place. This year, the tree rose (Alba Maxima) made its move and covered and damaged Huldine AND a reblooming rose (Lillian Austin), and made an arch with the cedar tree (Thuja) on the opposite side of the walkway! I was too busy and later too sick in the last quarter of 2023, to do my usual dormant pruning. As a result, this year the path to our front door was getting blocked. My husband (who is no gardener) took a hand and cut it back, I carried on the work a few weeks later, but at this time of year (July), one doesn’t want to cut back sections with green healthy leaves that are storing up food for the winter. But it’s time to remove a bunch of deadwood, at the very least. Around Thanksgiving I can prune everything back into shape. Amazing how much time and effort it can take to keep an area of 120 square feet in good order! Taming 40 acres is way out of my capabilities (I’m 74). Applause to you for accomplishing so much in relatively little time.
it is indeed wild clematis. 😊
@@storiesfromthecascinacool! You might want to leave a little around the boundaries, but not anywhere near your baby olive grove!
Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret. et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix. (Drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she'll come right back, Victorious over your ignorant, confident scorn.) --The Latin poet, Horace (65 - 8 BC)
that is how she works, and thankfully so!
when you are finished, you will have a real treasure
Only an odd 15 years of heavy work ahead of us before we get there :-P
You are both multi-talented but I enjoy watching you work harmoniously together - a good example for the rest of the world! That old trench is going to look gorgeous when it matures.
Of course I'm late with my thinkings, but if want to keep that soil over water-pipe airy grabble, as for insulation from frost, the airy soil also makes that somewhat a french drain, collecting water. Do not know do you need one, or has the water some direction to flow from there. Anyhow if you are getting snow on wintertime over that it would be more insulating, but also after melting more water in it. Sure the soil also goes tighter and tighter as time goes by...
Lasgoo level is a nice addition to anyone's tool box. Your place is such a nice location. So much work has to be done before all the buildings get finished. Will you guys have an area for growing foods and composting? At 21:56 what fruit was that your mom was eating?
We were picking blackberries/brambles on the way to the restaurant. They are everywhere and they were deliciously sweet. We didn't get round to foraging a bigger quantity to turn into jams and pie, but I'm hopeful that next year when we're all settled in there will be more time for such things. We have started composting but we'd love to experiment with different styles of composting in the future and definitely plan on growing food. However, we also don't want to take on too many things at the same time so it will probably go in small steps. First some herbs. Then some fruit trees and berries. Then a small veg patch that will gradually get bigger over the years.
Thanks for reply. I am big into my own foods, that's why the question. @@storiesfromthecascina
i understand! i've grown up around vegetable gardens. my grandparentd had a big one with a large greenhouse full of tomatoes. and my mom was always growing something. my own efforts have always been limited to the urban size of my garden, but eating homegrown is so satisfying.
Yay ! Love your channel
Thanks so much, Terri!
Really great organization!
Dear Bertus & Isis, as always a beautiful film... Isis with a week home alone you can have pizza & wine every night! Like the storm hooks, I don't know why I don't have those, note to self to include on our restoration project.
we've wondered why there were none in the house here as well 😅 it was really impossible to leave more than one window open at the same time without them slamming shut with the smallest bit of wind. finding ones that worked well and looked nice was not super easy but we ended up getting these from amazon and are very pleased. as you saw in the video we did have to tweak the curve on the hook a little for them to stay in place well, but that was a small job.
I love your videos. Thank you for sharing. Bev in Colorado USA
You are so welcome, Beverly!
I love the "old world" charm of all that surrounds you. I know it's a lot of hard, dirty work, as each moment moves you closer to your vision.❤
yes, you can definitely feel deep soul here. don't know what else to call it. something ancient and rooted.
Wunderschönes Video, ich finde die Bearbeitungsqualität prima. Vorallem die Harmonie kommt sehr zu tragen.
Kleiner Weintipp an Isis, mit einem kleinen länglichen Holzgestell lässt er sich prima bändigen. Habt ihr eigentlich Aldi in Italien? Die haben jedes Jahr diese wunderschönen, sehr hochwertigen und nicht wirklich teuren Metallranghilfen, wo aus zwei ein kleiner Pavillon wird. So einer würde sich sehr gut in eurem Garten machen und für Rangpflanzen perfekt sein.
vielen dank monique! wir haben aldi in italien aber keine ganz in der nahe von uns. es ist wenigstens eine stunde. die trauben wachsen uber eine pergola aber wir haben sie diesen fruhling nicht gesnitten also die sind jetzt ein bischen wild 😅
Why would you move to Italy?
Well, 22:09 & 22:58
Among many reasons, yes definitely the food and lovely towns :-)
They must be newly weds 😙
they have been together for nearly two decades, and married for a little over 3 years. 😊
Wow! Congratulations to them. A true love story.