What a beautiful display of cooking and enjoying with family! Loved seeing you all enjoy the rain and hoping more comes soon. The work in the beds are looking great!
It's so nice to get away from all the worries and spend some time with family. And the food is always amazing! We were expecting loads of rain today, but it didn't reach us, unfortunately 😔 Thank you, beds are slowly getting ready for new crops. Let's just hope that temperatures go down 🙏
Good Sunday morning from South Africa .. i have watched all for videos from about 6 months ago ..What a live and all the things to overcome Well done and keep going ..Such inspiration . Thank you
What a relief that the rain has started again, after such a dry summer. I'm praying you get rain each day now - just enough so you don't have to water, but not too much it's a storm. Thank you for another serene video. x
Thank you! We are happy to hear that you enjoyed another video ❤️ It was such a joy to have some rain. Thank you for your prayers. We really appreciate it!
Beautiful garden. Beautiful life. Tough summer with so little rain. I look forward to seeing more videos. I am in the western United States. Very dry here too. Next year I will retire in Umbria and I look forward to a big change in my life. Where are you from originally? All the best to you and I will continue to follow you.
Hi guys. A lovely video. I really like the way your farm has been laid out. I'm so happy that at long last the rain came down something we should all be grateful for at times when it is needed so much. I hope that you keep smiling. Take care 😊❤
Hello 👋 Thank you for being happy with us about the rain. We wish it would rain loads this winter! We always loved rain and now more than ever! People don't know the real value of it until they start growing their own vegetables. We are smiling because summer is getting towards the end...hopefully 😆 Simetimes it might last until December. Warm wishes from Sicily ❤️
Great family gathering. That is something I think we should all strike for. Everyone helping to prepare the meal - nothing purchased from the fast food restaurants. Love the outdoor washing & drying stations. Do you collect any rain in barrels or a cistern? I am guessing the next phase of your development would be to have a small greenhouse to develop/grow your own seeds. I think many of the commercial seed supplies are GMO in some way.
It's always nice to have family gatherings like this ❤️ It's something very special and joyful! We have a couple of water tanks, but they are not very large. We would like to install something bigger one day. We actually build a greenhouse but it was a bit unsustainable for larger scale. That's why we decided to give our seeds to the nursery. We usually buy our own seeds and provide it to them as most of the things they don't even have. It's very convenient for us this way 😉
Good seeing you both enjoying maling pasta and eating with the family. Would have liked some subtitles on what was being said and what food you were enjoying. I thought you were gonna cry with the expression of joy on your face when it rained Brigita very touching to see you appreciate the things people over here moan about 😊
It's always so nice to spend some time with the family. I didn't add subtitles as it was just random conversations, and I wanted people to feel like I did when I moved to Sicily - trying to understand what's going on 😆 Well, I was tearing up when it started to rain. It was such a relief, it's like that rain washed all those months of hardship and promised new beginnings. People don't apreciate things they have daily. I didn't like too much rain either when I lived in England, and now I miss it so much. You have to lose it first, and then you start to appreciate it ❤️
I like your quiet style of filming and really liked the family gathering. Perhaps some more glimpses of your town and the people who live there would be a good opening for every video. Hoping for some more rainy days for you. Ciao.
We are happy you enjoyed it. I have some ideas to show our town, but we just don't have enough time to do it all for now. But hopefully, someday we will manage it. Maybe when rainy days will come 😉
Ciao da Kansas City, my name is Lina and I was born and raised in Sicily, Province of Ragusa, I have been living in the US for 30 years but I plan on coming back when I go in pensione. My heart breaks to hear that our beautiful island is becoming a desert. Since ancient times Sicily was thought of the land predilected by the gods, fertile and sunny. The situation that has evolved during the last 2 years is a tragedy. I read the a reservoir of ancient water was found under the ibleian valley, I truly hope that they don't wait to long to get the water to all who need it.
Hi, Lina. We hope it will get better before you retire. But so far prognosis for Sicily looks rather sad and scary. We hope that Italian government will get a bit more incolved into saving Sicily and making sure that people are not staying without water. Sicily is such a beautiful land which should be preserved and valued. Best wishes from Sicily ❤
Yayyyyy ! You finally got rain❤ so happy for you guys!!! I loved watching all the ladies making the pasta. A beautiful dance of rolling fingers. Two stirring the same pot. Discussing the best way to do it. Not a competition but working in tandem. Hahaha You guys work well together as a couple. We bicker when working together. So stressful! ! Thanks for sharing your life the good and the difficult 😊
Thank you for being happy with us about the rain ❤️ It was little, but it gave us hope for autumn starting a bit earlier. So we are working hard to plant autumn crops. Pasta making is such a wonderful experience! And it's so delicious 😋 It's taught to work together, but we make it. Usually, we go to the opposite sides of the garden 😆 I am sorry to hear that you find it stressful to work with your partner. I think it takes time to adjust. We are getting better with time. Thank you for following our channel, and happy to hear you enjoy it ❤️
@@SomethingLikeThis1 opposite sides of the garden … 🤣 I’m usually in the house and he is outside! If we have to help each other a talk about being kind and patient is required first! And then it’s 50/50 that we bicker! It’s mostly him!!! 😀 You guys make it look very peaceful💜
@@SomethingLikeThis1 Full of happiness! I'm Italian, and I know how hard the situation in Sicily is, and see your energy inspire me, and seeing grandmother make pasta, it gave me beautiful memories of my Neapolitan grandmother. Thanks!
It's either not enough or it's too much but it was something rather than nothing...Great video anyway...Just as an aside, you can make good hoops with plastic water pipe, in fact you can make a lot of structures with plastic pipe as the skeleton...
Is this your rain the one which caused the famous yacht to sink a few days ago? Here in the Southwest of Ireland, no real summer after mid June, currently rain, rain, and more rain. If not just grey sky, not enough sunlight to ripen the tomatoes in my greenhouse.
The yacht incident happened one day before. I have heard that Ireland is way too rainy this year. We would be happy to swap during the summer months. But yes, extreme weather is not a pleasure for either of us. Wishing you some sunny days 🌞
@rickallen6378 Yes, he is. A couple of years ago him and another dog were trying to establish who is alpha male. They almost killed each other. It was a very stressful time for us, so that was the best solution we came up with. We have tried to take other dogs to stay with him, but unfortunately, he started being aggressive with them, too. They are still very aggressive with each other when they get close.
I feel your pain when the rain comes but not enough. We all have to learn the lessons of land degradation and desertification from others who have successfully returned the environment to how it should be. Forget about desalination plants. They are far too costly, only last 3-4 years, abandoned in Sicily after 5 years bc they rust out and can't supply sufficient water even to one Comune, as output is just 100 litres per second. Learn from Loess Plateau China., Ethiopia Sustainable Land Management Programme, Paani Foundation India projects to restore the watersheds. Drought is not nature's fault. It is the fault of ppl not understanding how to work within the bounds of nature.
The issue is our land that has been tractored for years. And now we are trying to improve it, but we have limited resources, and that is tough. We have limited power as well as we are trying to live from soil and make our garden market thrive. It's not easy to do much during this crazy heat when your body is tired after a few months of continuous sweating. There are many techniques that we know and we want to implement, but sometimes we are just running on empty. We planted trees and we want to make food forest. But we can only plant a few trees a year as they need some water during the first years of their lives and it's been difficult even that. So we are really trying to do our best and we are still working on many ideas but believe us when we say that it's tough!
@@SomethingLikeThis1 Water should always be the first priority before planting anything. Unfortunately, most farmers can't let go of old, out dated, unsustainable methods of farming. Farmers are doing far more labour than necessary because they won't change how they do things. No wonder they feel exhausted. Humans are supposed to use their intelligence to design farm systems that save them labour. Why not grow more perennial plants for example which just keep coming back year after year with very little work involved? Why have only one crop when you could have guilds of plants which help each other, growing vertically above your annuals? Stop weeding. The soil dries out when you remove their roots. Both you and your neighbours and everyone in your water catchment area, really need to get together and decide what to do regarding the whole watershed. Pay a consultant who has a good track record in restoration of watersheds, if necessary and split the cost between everyone to make it achievable. Your situation is challenging but if you apply your intelligence and study what others have done around the world, you can create a Garden of Eden with an abundance of water.
Everything is nice..but that Sicily is becoming a desert is not something new..and of course many vegetables you have in your garden are very water demanding. Maybe consider that nobody has same veggies there would be better? there is a reason 😂
if all powerful benevolent god is the true creator of every thing not the satans ruling you human slaves then why would god want & need to create system of life where any thing new becomes old by default but any thing old never becomes new by default ?
What a beautiful display of cooking and enjoying with family! Loved seeing you all enjoy the rain and hoping more comes soon. The work in the beds are looking great!
It's so nice to get away from all the worries and spend some time with family. And the food is always amazing! We were expecting loads of rain today, but it didn't reach us, unfortunately 😔 Thank you, beds are slowly getting ready for new crops. Let's just hope that temperatures go down 🙏
Good Sunday morning from South Africa .. i have watched all for videos from about 6 months ago ..What a live and all the things to overcome Well done and keep going ..Such inspiration . Thank you
It's so crazy when you think that some people are so dependent of rain and here we are in the city complaining when it rains...
Exactly, you don't know the value of the thing unless you experience the lack of it!
Excellent videos. I find it very relaxing and very dynamic at the same time. Good balance. Thanks from Spain
very happy for you about the rain
We are too...it shows it might be some tomorrow 🙏
Thank you of sharing with us your journeys
I really really liked this video because it was natural and spontaneous, thanks guys , bacio da Siracusa.
Thank you 😊 Family was happy that I recorded it. It will be a memory for all of us. ❤️ Warm regards from our side!
What a relief that the rain has started again, after such a dry summer. I'm praying you get rain each day now - just enough so you don't have to water, but not too much it's a storm. Thank you for another serene video. x
Thank you! We are happy to hear that you enjoyed another video ❤️ It was such a joy to have some rain. Thank you for your prayers. We really appreciate it!
Beautiful garden. Beautiful life. Tough summer with so little rain. I look forward to seeing more videos. I am in the western United States. Very dry here too. Next year I will retire in Umbria and I look forward to a big change in my life. Where are you from originally? All the best to you and I will continue to follow you.
Hi guys. A lovely video. I really like the way your farm has been laid out. I'm so happy that at long last the rain came down something we should all be grateful for at times when it is needed so much. I hope that you keep smiling. Take care 😊❤
Hello 👋 Thank you for being happy with us about the rain. We wish it would rain loads this winter! We always loved rain and now more than ever! People don't know the real value of it until they start growing their own vegetables.
We are smiling because summer is getting towards the end...hopefully 😆 Simetimes it might last until December.
Warm wishes from Sicily ❤️
Such a lovely serene & soothing video to watch. Thank you. 🌻
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
Thank god it rains! How wonderful😀hope it will continue
We hope so too! The forecast says it might rain tomorrow again, but we will see!
Thanks!
Thank you for supporting our channel ❤ Very kind of you 😊
Great family gathering. That is something I think we should all strike for.
Everyone helping to prepare the meal - nothing purchased from the fast food restaurants.
Love the outdoor washing & drying stations.
Do you collect any rain in barrels or a cistern?
I am guessing the next phase of your development would be to have a small greenhouse to develop/grow your own seeds.
I think many of the commercial seed supplies are GMO in some way.
It's always nice to have family gatherings like this ❤️ It's something very special and joyful!
We have a couple of water tanks, but they are not very large. We would like to install something bigger one day. We actually build a greenhouse but it was a bit unsustainable for larger scale. That's why we decided to give our seeds to the nursery. We usually buy our own seeds and provide it to them as most of the things they don't even have. It's very convenient for us this way 😉
Good seeing you both enjoying maling pasta and eating with the family. Would have liked some subtitles on what was being said and what food you were enjoying. I thought you were gonna cry with the expression of joy on your face when it rained Brigita very touching to see you appreciate the things people over here moan about 😊
It's always so nice to spend some time with the family. I didn't add subtitles as it was just random conversations, and I wanted people to feel like I did when I moved to Sicily - trying to understand what's going on 😆
Well, I was tearing up when it started to rain. It was such a relief, it's like that rain washed all those months of hardship and promised new beginnings. People don't apreciate things they have daily. I didn't like too much rain either when I lived in England, and now I miss it so much. You have to lose it first, and then you start to appreciate it ❤️
I like your quiet style of filming and really liked the family gathering. Perhaps some more glimpses of your town and the people who live there would be a good opening for every video. Hoping for some more rainy days for you. Ciao.
We are happy you enjoyed it. I have some ideas to show our town, but we just don't have enough time to do it all for now. But hopefully, someday we will manage it. Maybe when rainy days will come 😉
Yeah!!!Rain!🎉🎉🎉👍👍👍
We were so happy to get some rain 🌧 Thank you for sharing our joy 💖
Ciao da Kansas City, my name is Lina and I was born and raised in Sicily, Province of Ragusa, I have been living in the US for 30 years but I plan on coming back when I go in pensione. My heart breaks to hear that our beautiful island is becoming a desert. Since ancient times Sicily was thought of the land predilected by the gods, fertile and sunny. The situation that has evolved during the last 2 years is a tragedy. I read the a reservoir of ancient water was found under the ibleian valley, I truly hope that they don't wait to long to get the water to all who need it.
Hi, Lina. We hope it will get better before you retire. But so far prognosis for Sicily looks rather sad and scary. We hope that Italian government will get a bit more incolved into saving Sicily and making sure that people are not staying without water. Sicily is such a beautiful land which should be preserved and valued. Best wishes from Sicily ❤
Yayyyyy ! You finally got rain❤ so happy for you guys!!!
I loved watching all the ladies making the pasta. A beautiful dance of rolling fingers. Two stirring the same pot. Discussing the best way to do it. Not a competition but working in tandem. Hahaha You guys work well together as a couple. We bicker when working together. So stressful! !
Thanks for sharing your life the good and the difficult 😊
Thank you for being happy with us about the rain ❤️ It was little, but it gave us hope for autumn starting a bit earlier. So we are working hard to plant autumn crops.
Pasta making is such a wonderful experience! And it's so delicious 😋
It's taught to work together, but we make it. Usually, we go to the opposite sides of the garden 😆 I am sorry to hear that you find it stressful to work with your partner. I think it takes time to adjust. We are getting better with time.
Thank you for following our channel, and happy to hear you enjoy it ❤️
@@SomethingLikeThis1 opposite sides of the garden … 🤣 I’m usually in the house and he is outside! If we have to help each other a talk about being kind and patient is required first! And then it’s 50/50 that we bicker! It’s mostly him!!! 😀 You guys make it look very peaceful💜
Wow that is meal to die for
Definitely! It was soooo good!
A young man with brains will be long gone.
La Vita splendida 👏❤️ Bravi xx
Grazie ❤️
Rain!!! Yeah!! I hope you guys put out buckets/barrels to get as much water as you can. I think you mentioned you have a container to capture water?
Yeah! It rained! We have a little water tank that got some water in it. I managed to water couple of trees around. Every little helps 😃
the doggo
Thank you 😊 He is a cutie 💓
@@SomethingLikeThis1 Full of happiness!
I'm Italian, and I know how hard the situation in Sicily is, and see your energy inspire me, and seeing grandmother make pasta, it gave me beautiful memories of my Neapolitan grandmother. Thanks!
God will smile on you soon🙏
We feel like he is already 😊
It's either not enough or it's too much but it was something rather than nothing...Great video anyway...Just as an aside, you can make good hoops with plastic water pipe, in fact you can make a lot of structures with plastic pipe as the skeleton...
We might actually might do it next year. Thank you for your advice 😃
Is this your rain the one which caused the famous yacht to sink a few days ago?
Here in the Southwest of Ireland, no real summer after mid June, currently rain, rain, and more rain. If not just grey sky, not enough sunlight to ripen the tomatoes in my greenhouse.
The yacht incident happened one day before.
I have heard that Ireland is way too rainy this year. We would be happy to swap during the summer months. But yes, extreme weather is not a pleasure for either of us. Wishing you some sunny days 🌞
Partinico, Alcamo, Balestrate, maccarruna… I feel like I am in beautiful Sicily every time I watch your videos. You guys are living the life.
Is the white dog separated from the other ones?
@rickallen6378 Yes, he is. A couple of years ago him and another dog were trying to establish who is alpha male. They almost killed each other. It was a very stressful time for us, so that was the best solution we came up with. We have tried to take other dogs to stay with him, but unfortunately, he started being aggressive with them, too. They are still very aggressive with each other when they get close.
Ladies what a work! The men only eat.
Are you capturing the rain water?
Yeah, we have a small container, and we got some at least managed to water some trees around
I feel your pain when the rain comes but not enough. We all have to learn the lessons of land degradation and desertification from others who have successfully returned the environment to how it should be. Forget about desalination plants. They are far too costly, only last 3-4 years, abandoned in Sicily after 5 years bc they rust out and can't supply sufficient water even to one Comune, as output is just 100 litres per second. Learn from Loess Plateau China., Ethiopia Sustainable Land Management Programme, Paani Foundation India projects to restore the watersheds. Drought is not nature's fault. It is the fault of ppl not understanding how to work within the bounds of nature.
The issue is our land that has been tractored for years. And now we are trying to improve it, but we have limited resources, and that is tough. We have limited power as well as we are trying to live from soil and make our garden market thrive. It's not easy to do much during this crazy heat when your body is tired after a few months of continuous sweating. There are many techniques that we know and we want to implement, but sometimes we are just running on empty. We planted trees and we want to make food forest. But we can only plant a few trees a year as they need some water during the first years of their lives and it's been difficult even that. So we are really trying to do our best and we are still working on many ideas but believe us when we say that it's tough!
@@SomethingLikeThis1 Water should always be the first priority before planting anything. Unfortunately, most farmers can't let go of old, out dated, unsustainable methods of farming. Farmers are doing far more labour than necessary because they won't change how they do things. No wonder they feel exhausted. Humans are supposed to use their intelligence to design farm systems that save them labour. Why not grow more perennial plants for example which just keep coming back year after year with very little work involved? Why have only one crop when you could have guilds of plants which help each other, growing vertically above your annuals? Stop weeding. The soil dries out when you remove their roots. Both you and your neighbours and everyone in your water catchment area, really need to get together and decide what to do regarding the whole watershed. Pay a consultant who has a good track record in restoration of watersheds, if necessary and split the cost between everyone to make it achievable. Your situation is challenging but if you apply your intelligence and study what others have done around the world, you can create a Garden of Eden with an abundance of water.
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Everything is nice..but that Sicily is becoming a desert is not something new..and of course many vegetables you have in your garden are very water demanding. Maybe consider that nobody has same veggies there would be better? there is a reason 😂
maybe that's a quite weird description respect real life in Southern Italy. It's evident you have just a superficial view of reality.
What a shame it is to eat that lovely home made food served in plastic disposable plates !!! It is TOXIC , 😧😱
if all powerful benevolent god is the true creator of every thing not the satans ruling you human slaves then why would god want & need to create system of life where any thing new becomes old by default but any thing old never becomes new by default ?