"Looks like a fairytale..." said my younger sister, in response to me sharing a picture of the three majestic, old cork oaks that guard the forest track leading up to our land. It really does,

Life can be pretty tough... Clare and I had to endure apple-bramble crumble with custard for breakfast, today. 😒 As if we don't have enough sweet stuff to eat, already. It was hard work getting through

another wee update on our homesteading life

Hurray hurray! *we got rid of the hay! 🙌👨‍🌾👩‍🌾 We also visited the moon it's not that far away. A couple of days ago, we discovered a stunning, natural swimming spot, a 20 minute drive from our land.

🎶Hay now, hay now...Don't dream it's over...🎶 There's way more hay to move away, out of the former chicken coop. Way more hay and dust and poop. This huge amount of hay previously filled the hay loft

Another day, of moving hay Yesterday night, the sky was grey There was a fire in the distance but rain saved the day If you like what I share, you can further support @clareartista and me on Patreon and

our new 'fridge'! We are in the temporary 'kitchen' of our new home, having eaten our first meal in this house. A simple affair, as we haven't brought our cooker down yet. We're satiated and hydrated,

Today is a very exciting day for us/ oggi è un giorno molto emozionante per noi... This morning we finally got the green light to go ahead with cleaning out and working on the property right next to us.

...aka the little step ladder that Clare and I used to hang clothes on, in our bedroom. We installed this at the side of our future home ( more on that place in yesterday's post ) to lead up to the roof

After nine days of inactivity - even the guy of the repair shop in town told me to give up on it and buy a new one - my smartphone started charging again, today. I was so inactive though in the family

This write up follows If you haven't already done so, read that first. It has now been raining almost non stop for 4 days and I am relieved to say that we are nearing the end of the downpour. Only about

This week is very, very wet... A delight of course, philosophically and in terms of the flourishment of our land: we are seeing the water well fill, the green leafy plants proliferate, the soil become

I am working on our land, on a challenging early Spring day. The beautiful but 'threatening' sound of rolling thunder has been going on in the background for over half an hour now. Luckily, it is only

Another week has passed since my post about experiencing our first snow(fall) on our land. It almost seemed it would snow again. It sure was cloudy, humid, rainy and cold enough

The night after returning from a week and a half stay in @clareartista 's old house in the city, I heard precipitation that didn't sound like rain and felt that it might be snow(ing). I was right. The

Usually I'm quiet on here for a good reason aka turbulence and/or great distraction aka life taking over. Saying that the last week and a half have been challenging is a bit of an understatement but hey,

It has been the most straining and torturous week yet, and even so, we have made huge progress on the simplest, most important things. The hardest part was firstly coming into conflict with our landlords,

When we checked back in on the land, to feed the cats and find out how the covering had held up, yesterday morning, we eventually found out that although it had kept most of the water out, there was enough

Clearing paths this week with @vincentnijman on our land in Molise... was powerful challenging, and the labour brought up a lot around depression – around what needs to be unpacked or expanded or

A handful of days ago, whilst visiting the forest area on the hill above our land, we were warned by the local vigile that there was a wolf roaming the area. More on that in my previous post: First Fungi