#26 Is This Finally THE END?

[@marbellalamisma2637]

It rained buckets in the part of Sicily where We Are !! 4 hours NONE stop !!!! Heavy . All happy ❤after so long !!

[@marbellalamisma2637]

Hey Guys with Your lovely approach , whatever You Grow this Winter , it is going to Be Awesome!!! and for Your Chickens. Only Golden Eggs Will Sprout!!❤❤Keep It up and going !!!! Amo la Sicilia !!! 👍👍👍💪💪💪👏👏👏🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@joannastanczyk853]

So nice to see You guys smiling and be sooo positive and full of energy!

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you 😊 We are much happier these days ❤️

[@johnmaggiorino4493]

Sounds beautiful

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you 😊

[@binhngo4964]

Your both looking a lot happier in this video so obviously things are going well. I just got back from a weeks holiday in Perugia Umbria and it was unbearably hot and humid. I bought lots of sicilian produce the tomatoes and mangoes were sweet juicy and aromatic. Looking forward to seeing all your hard efforts planting pay off ❤

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

We hope you still managed to enjoy your holidays. Imagine that you would have to work outside with this heat and humidity! It's been tough this summer. The level of humidity was insane this year. It's nice to hear that you enjoyed some local produce! We are happier because autumn is coming and some cooler days are ahead ❤️

[@TaunaWestCoast]

I’m always routing for your success! Thanks for all the great content! I’ve learned a lot about farming from you two ❤.

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you so much for always supporting us 💛 🌞 🌳

[@juliaskordou544]

Happy for the rain! blessings to you both

[@TaunaWestCoast]

I’m so happy it finally rained guys! 🎉🎉If I ever make it to Sicily I’d love to visit you guys.

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

We would love that too ❤️

[@mbrylewski]

How do you make your pesto?? Would you mind sharing your recipe, please?

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

There are so many recipies available online. I don't really use measurements. I just pick some leaves, add oil, salt, and olive oil, and blend it. It is great to add some nuts. Typical recipie uses pine nuts, but I prefer to use almonds. It's very easy and you can freeze it for winter months 😉

[@terayzea9240]

This made me smile. Happy for you both!

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you! It's nice to hear that people smile with us 😊

[@kimberlypuravida5690]

You survived!!! Start planning next year's trip!

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

@@kimberlypuravida5690 😆 We will be happy with a few days on a sofa to rest our tired backs! Lets see what new season in bringing!

[@diegomattia4806]

Well done guys!

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you 😊

[@nielspaulin2647]

Our fingers crossed here too for you!😒😒

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

@nielspaulin2647 Thank you so much ❤️

[@tarabreslin8110]

This is my first day of seeing your videos, and I am so delighted to have discovered your channel. The mention of Danilo Dolci made me catch my breath. I only learned of him a month ago and now his book, “Sicilian Lives”, is in my home waiting for me to read it as well as a biography of this extraordinary man. I am Canadian but now live in Texas and this year realized that a summer garden is no longer possible because of too many days of excessive heat even for this region. I am focused on a fall/winter garden which will include golden beets and turnips, vegetables I only recently cultivated a liking for after eschewing both for decades. To my neighbours, I am a older woman who likes to garden (which I do), but my purpose is to ensure I will have something to put on my plate come what may.

[@tarabreslin8110]

Oh, the Danilo Dolci reference was in a different video for anyone wondering what I was talking about!

[@wikatmachanel88]

Selamat buat anda semua.. Sukses terus.. Salam kenal dr ciamis Indonesia

[@ch02063]

Raining this time is great for the olive trees and the coming harvest. Good to see

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

@@ch02063 Let's hope it will be enough as olive trees really need it 🙏

[@papertowelthe6th105]

Considering past temperature readings, next few years should be cooler. But I am talking about 2-4 years. It really depends on the ENSO cycle. The 2023/2024 emperatures are mostly the effect of the last El Nino (which wasn't even the strongest since reliable temperature readings have started for the ENSO cycle). Generally, whatever is happening last and this year, will be the norm in about 5 years and onwards. But I guess you probably already know that.

[@RobertoPunch]

have you thought about transylvania (Romania)?

[@ASMRJusTravelz]

Just smile and be happy❤

[@Mariella-gd6wr]

Take care beautiful people. May you be blessed with rain, love and abundance. Mariella from Australia but made in Italy.❤️❤️

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you, Italian - Australian Mariella 😉 ❤️

[@ILurvMarmite]

The butterfly you referred to is called a White Cabbage Butterfly 😊 Pesky little things. Their caterpillar babies ate their way through my broccoli beds this year. I've been doing some research and there are quite a few things you can do to deter them besides netting. Trap plants like nasturtium can help keep them off your broccoli/brassicas and strong smelling herbs will help too. I'll be giving it a try with my next planting. Good luck with your autumn planting guys! Onwards and upwards ❤😂

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Yes, that naughty White Cabbage Butterfly! I'm so sorry to hear about your broccoli! But for us, netting worked the best, and we never had big damage. I always wanted to try Nasturtium ❤️ Let us know if hearbs will save your broccoli 🥦

[@danviridian]

Have you contacted Leaw (leave everything and wander)? Would be a great Sicily contact for you both

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

These days we are rather busy with preparing our garden for autumn season. But as soon as we get some rain we can relax a bit more and allow ourselves a day off. So hopefully we will get in touch with them them.

[@danviridian]

@SomethingLikeThis1 Sounds good. They have good connections there and could definitely help with the 'Sicilian experiences' side of things plus a collab would grow your channel

[@stijnt2377]

Are you able to fill up your tank with lake water or is that not an option or even illegal? Curious how you usually sell, do you go to a market, do people come to your place to buy? Do you sell mostly to private clients or also restaurants? Could be an interesting topic for another video.

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

It is unfortunately illegal. That way we could fill up the tanks and not have issue watering the rest of the week. We do home deliveries twice a week to different towns. When we have some vegetables we would probably do a video of how we work 😃 Thank you for an idea ❤️

[@stijnt2377]

@@SomethingLikeThis1 Not saying you should try to do illegal things but they say the soil is the best and biggest tank to store water in. If you have some kind of slope to your terreno I would certainly consider digging a basin that can hold several thousand liters and fill that up with lake water. 'downhill' from it you can expect fast growth of water loving plants even though the water will most likely infiltrate quickly in that basin. It'll kickstart the regeneration of a portion of your farm.

[@kimberlypuravida5690]

Roaming Wild Rosie is incredible for DIY. That women is legendary, her skills with few tools!!

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you, will check her channel 😀

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Oh, we actually watched some of her videos. She is great!

[@kimberlypuravida5690]

@@SomethingLikeThis1 Yeah, she's incredible, isn't she?The thing she does with the most simplest of tools.

[@dominicgoodwin1147]

So at last the rain is coming. I do hope you are thinking about ways to capture that water in the soil, using the principles in some of Andrew Millison’s videos. Good luck!

[@bdelaborgia2118]

I hope you'll do a good job with the kale. It's challenging to introduce new products. A few years ago I tried to introduce on the market where i live the zucchinni. I gave up when I had to throw the most of them because people weren't accustomed to those dark green courgettes. :)

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

I am sorry to hear that! What a shame that your clients didn't like it. Sometimes it helps to give them some recipies or explain how to cook it. We introduced cavolo nero (which is actually from North Italy) but nobody knew about it here in South. And that was a massive success. Fingers crossed for this crop too. Usually people here love all kind of greens. So hopefully it will be a success 🙌

[@patriciamarrion6802]

Love your positive outlook and I wish for you and your garden and business to thrive. I am a big fan of fennel ! I love it sauteed in olive oil with garlic, anchovies, lemon juice and zest. I am salivating just thinking about it. xxx...x

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Thank you! We are really hoping for better months ahead. I didn't like fennel at first but now I love it. We cook it like you do, too! Have you tried Sicilian fennel salad with oranges! That's my favourite!

[@linred-10]

Where are you two originally from? And how did you learn Italian? You house and garden is really nice. It’s so well kept and neat!

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

My husband is Sicilian and I am Lithuanian. First of all you have to learn 2 languages 😆 Italian and Sicilian. The best way is to immerse yourself into the experiences that Sicily offers, watch some Italian movies, go chat with people and some apps, I use duolingo. Thank you, we are trying our best, but it's never perfect 😆

[@judithgreen-t3v]

Hope winter gives you a bumper crop. I'm not a gardener but even here in the states our summers are too hot. Now, it's summer I dread and winter I look forward to. But, for you with your industry depending on weather it must be twice as frustrating. The Alamac is predicting a mild winter. Hope that goes for you too. (Some rain but not too much)

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

We are the same! We love cooler months and suffer during summer. We are waiting for this heat to go away so we can enjoy gardening without having to sweat without doing too much. We hope that winter will be nice for all of us and we will get some needed rest ❤️

[@thepotager9816]

Have you created any swales to deal with the heavy rain?

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Our land is very narrow, and it's a bit complicated to make swales. But we are thinking about it.

[@kimberlypuravida5690]

Another channel moved to Sicily. You must colab with LEAW and Travel Beans.

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

When we have some more free time we will see what we can do 😉

[@kimberlypuravida5690]

@UserGabor If i'm watching this channel and I enjoy it.I'm obviously not watching people that are like the ones you're describing, so please check out the channels before making a comment.

[@thepotager9816]

Do you get snow in winter in Sicily? What’s the minimum temps you get in winter?

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Snow is not common in Sicily. There are a couple of peeks where it might snow. But usually, we see around 10 C during the winter.

[@Sclero80]

😊You live in the only region where tropical fruits also grow, why not try mango, pitaya and passion fruit? ❤

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

Hi, there! There are many avocado and mango growers around us. Unfortunately, these crops require loads of water. We are trying to grow passion fruit and pitaya. We will put some other plants, but we only put a couple of trees to have diversity on our land.

[@Sclero80]

@@SomethingLikeThis1 piano piano.... 😁

[@AR-fu4ed]

Any thoughts on general air and water quality in Sicily? I heard it quite polluted?

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

It's actually very good! Of course if you go to big cities it's a different story. My husband says he used to clean the car's number plate every 3 days in England, and here he doesn't need to do it. The water is a big problem here. Long story. But usually, tap water is not drinkable.

[@InNateReason]

You know, God is good! Its definitely in the bible about praying for rain! Anyway, I wanted to bring something to both of your attention. You currently roughly have 4500 subscribers including myself. However, the video where you talk alot about your story and the situation from about a month ago, you actually had 241k views on that one video! Obviously you are not monetized at this point, however with that 241k views on the video from a month ago, I have an idea for you! One way you could possibly afford to dig a well(especially since I am guessing its not terrible cost wise there) and not have this problem hopefully again, is to start a go fund me page for the well specifically! Maybe find out exactly how much it would cost to do so and the equipment you would need to integrate it into your farm, and I am guessing with just watching you guys you might be surprised how well it does! I think I would be willing to give a little! I am sure there are others who would as well! Especially know how hard physically that job is also since I have worked on a farm! So very much understand and respect. And, you could ask people to share in the video! Maybe even do it as a follow up of some sort to the video that got 241k views! Also, maybe consider buying additional tanks or creating a holding pond or something for when the lake water is available to gather water so you can get by longer when you have access to it? Just a thought! Hopefully some of these ideas help! Either way, am pulling for you guys and love that you guys moved to Sicily and risked it all to start this farm! The more I learn about the region the more I love it. God Bless, Nate🙂

[@kimberlypuravida5690]

Come on, what's the saying...size doesn't matter...😂😂😂😂

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

😆 🤣 😂

[@bvhia]

Farmer problems

[@SomethingLikeThis1]

That's who we are 😆