SPRING GARDEN TOUR | ITALIAN COASTAL VEGETABLE GARDEN | The Positano Diaries EP 97

Join me on a sunny day for a slow tour around our garden, starting from the gate and working our way around and up to the mandarin trees at the every back of the property.
Most of the vegetables we plant are bought as starters (newly sprouted babies) that we buy from the local florist in town. We use an organic fertiliser made from cow dung, in pellet form and we rotate our crops every year and always leave some areas fallow throughout the winter.
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Currently using Sony ZV1 and iphone 12 pro to film with. Carlos drone is a DJI Mavic Mini 2
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Thanks for watching the video Spring Garden Tour, Italian Coastal Vegetable Garden

[@whenlifegivesyoulemons83]

I need a Luca! Someone to do the digging and planting. My son's middle name is Luca but he shows no interest. Anyone else find that they don't want Nickis videos to end? So enjoyable, I love them. Thank you Nicki.

[@mcharlie260]

"Currently in the greenhouse we are growing cats" 😂😂🐈🐈‍⬛🐈

[@Christina0218]

That was one of my favorite parts 😂

[@amish-landchateau]

😂😸

[@Timetravel1111]

Kats?

[@joellenmeek658]

The garden is thriving and full of promise. What a beautiful day and tour.

[@NickiPositano]

I was waiting for a nice day!

[@caroll6541]

So I’m watching your vid having my bodum ☕️ Must say it boggles my mind when I see a few ‘un’ likes but then thousands of 👍 positive ones... don’t understand what viewers don’t like abt your relaxing and educational vids! xoC🦋

[@FaithofMelchizedek]

@@caroll6541 trolls gotta troll, jealous people gotta thumbs down..

[@nicoleziegler6112]

As someone who travels to Italy almost yearly and is now stuck at home in Canada these videos remind me of the beauty and promise that awaits

[@nadinetasmania]

Me too!

[@janetcorey5102]

We are all stuck but hopefully it will get better soon

[@SamFournier]

Your videos help me visualize my dreams. I’m currently living in an apartment in France but I dream of having a home in the French countryside with a garden and a chicken coop. You’re seriously living a dream😍

[@sapphirecamui6447]

You can do it! this year is the year! WOOT WOOT Go Sam, GO!

[@SamFournier]

@@sapphirecamui6447 awww, I love the motivation! Thank you🥰

[@CallieMasters5000]

Doesn't half of France have the same dream? 😁

[@sapphirecamui6447]

@@SamFournier She helps me visualize my dreams as well.. We'll move to southern italy this year. after we solve some stuff here (=Romania), of course.

[@SamFournier]

@@CallieMasters5000 this is true ✨

[@lilaclilly198]

Bongorno. I absolutely love how you see the enormous potential and make use of all the resources in your gorgeous back garden. And I love how you take nothing for granted... I am so full of admiration for you Nicki,Carlos and his brother. It is obvious your garden is a labour of love. Magnifico👏😘🐝🐩🐓🪴🍋🍊🥦☕️

[@clarehart5892]

Someone has a green thumb. Thank you for sharing your beautiful spring garden.

[@mags9599]

Luca could begin his own channel teaching us all a thing or two about gardening, I love your tea garden ...Carlo is so creative only he could come up with a cactus garden and rescue a tree is there any end to his skills and ideas x

[@khill2635]

I absolutely love the antics from the animals 🤣

[@TheOdiousSoul]

Thank God that spring is almost here! I can't wait for my Garden Tours to show beautiful life!

[@amyclaire100]

Congratulations Luca cultivates such a tidy garden. He could offer master classes. What a joy it must be to cook from all that you've shown us. Though clearly the maintenance is continual. A labor of love.

[@donnacampbell111]

I am a tea addict .. Growing your own tea garden .. How incredibly awesome is that .. And healthy as well .. Wish I could sit there and have a cup of tea with you once it is all said and done !!

[@an830]

I wish you could win an award for your cinematography 💯🏆🎇🎇🎆🎆

[@amyirving8204]

I’m so glad I have found you through lockdown, it has given me some calm. Love from England

[@lchristoffer]

My goodness you are so fortunate - a lovely self, a handsome and talented husband, happy child(ren), a beautiful home, animals, a beautiful garden ( btw, Oleander is poisonous for animals so be careful) etc, etc. Yes, I know you have a thousand stairs to anywhere but perhaps worth it. I love your environment. I also love your videos- makes me feel like I’m still traveling......😊😊😊

[@essieessie5399]

animals instinctively know oleander is poisonous.

[@NickiPositano]

Thank you so much! Oleander is pretty much everywhere here.

[@patteegee9506]

Yes, Oleander is poisonous and while the animals may stay away from the leaves, they may accidentally drink water that the Oleander leaves may have dropped into making a sort of tea. Be careful.

[@CallieMasters5000]

@@NickiPositano here in Texas, I live in the Oleander City, so we have oleanders everywhere. I've never heard of any people or pets getting poisoned by them, though, so it's not that common. Enjoy them!

[@jessieelliott3157]

Oleander is so beautiful and as kids we had the most gorgeous tree. Good to know that most animals know to stay away because I've always been very nervous about oleander since my familys oleander disaster of 1985 which left our 4 guinea pigs dead☹ guinea pigs will eat anything.

[@minisahni884]

Gardening is the most therapeutic thing....when you see it blooming and thriving it brings so much of pleasure and joy.👍💕Always been so fascinated by your garden...thanks for a relaxing spring tour😊🌸🌸🌼🌻⚘🌿🌾🌴🍋🍋

[@SHIRLEYZAPORZON]

Your videos are so pleasant and relaxing. Thank you so very much.

[@degunver7672]

I wish 💫 I had my own Luca! What a gem 💎 to have tending the gardens. Years of knowledge & experience. 3 cheers 🍻 for Luca. It’s all so beautiful. Carlos’s succulents mixed in with Nick’s English flowers. Pool, laundry, chickens, cats & dogs. Wonderful

[@Gardis72]

This seems like a massive property with gardens on multiple levels. It would be great for CArlo to do a drone shot of everything, it would be very impressive. I can't wrap my mind around all these different gardens. Spectacular!

[@jillpackard5305]

Great idea

[@FaithofMelchizedek]

The Powers that Be in Positano has forbidden drones above the town. They have to be very careful where they shoot, or not get caught anyway...lol.

[@rickl7778]

You are very fortunate Nicki👍🏻

[@always.wondering.wandering]

Just remember that Oleander plants are very toxic to humans and animals. Do not let Holly or the chickens get a hold of any part of the plant. Also, if it should burn, the smoke coming off of it is also toxic. They are beautiful flowering shrubs but just be careful with them. Loved the tour of the whole garden and all the animals. Wonderful idea to plant a "tea garden", you do what you have to during these times. Thank you so much for taking the time to show us around. Happy Gardening!

[@susanbrown2909]

Yes very true..well said.

[@albertguasch5277]

I was about to post the same. Oleander is beautiful but poisonous to all mammals.

[@nadinetasmania]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing...when I live in Sydney it was a real problem. They get weedy and are toxic to animals.

[@va9502]

In my neck of the woods we have an Oleander Gardens with modest homes.Named after the plant.

[@louisegatti9262]

Every time you show your gardens I think back to when we had a 20 acre hobby farm with cows, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats and a BIG garden. Sure do miss that way of life....it was good. Did a lot of canning and freezing. I wish I had known you back then. I love when you help with canning tomatoes and making jams. I could have learned a lot from you back then. Oh well, now I just get to watch. and enjoy.

[@heyitsmebee]

These always make my day! Now my husband watches with me too, and we can't wait for Wednesdays and Sundays ♥️♥️♥️

[@heyitsmebee]

The sad thing is, I can't watch until he's available now - or I have to pretend I didn't watch it 😉

[@KatMatthews91]

Haha my husband is watching them with me now too! He Learns a lot of building tips/ideas from Carlo!

[@NickiPositano]

Love that!

[@marijas8751]

My husband doesn't watch it, but I tell him things from every episode I watch and now he knows everybody, humans and animals :)

[@wildflowerwind6941]

The garden is a lot of work. Luca must love it.

[@donnamarsh3474]

Ooohhh...a tea garden! I look forward to watching that grow and the delicious teas you will make!

[@susanjacks8830]

Your garden looks lovely. Will be nice to see garden updates later showcasing all the beautiful fruits and vegetables. Self sufficiency is a wonderful thing.

[@spookydude7449]

Nicki, I wish this old ex-soldier had green fingers for gardening, this garden tour was wonderful thank you for taking us with you. Much love from our family too your family xxx

[@NickiPositano]

Hi, I'm Carlo, thank you, it's always very nice to receive love, we send you love too!

[@jennyoshea1958]

Ha ha ha 'currently in the greenhouse; we are growing cats'. Wonderful imagery comes to mind 🐱🐱🐱

[@edwinnorris5807]

Luca's "my Chanel no 5 " manure comment 👌 I always chuckle when you get annoyed with minor disturbances when filming Nicki ," Shut up Kitty 😛😛" The tea garden is a great idea .Happy Spring & may your channel keep blossoming 🌻🌻🌻

[@WendyWilliamsLiving]

Love your animals and "not your" animals... so sweet and add to the cheerful ambiance! 😊

[@NickiPositano]

Thank you! 😊

[@aprile271]

un giardino meraviglioso tra Carlo, suo fratello tutti insieme a godere la natura e fantastica tanto lavoro ma tutto fresco buonissimmo , grazie Nicki

[@kimm3473]

What a beautiful garden to feed your family and soul! 🥰

[@joantionette734]

Enjoyed the spring garden tour my husband and I watched it while we were eating our dinner Love the Herb garden . Luca is a master gardener !

[@xine91468]

This was a wonderful way to spend my work lunch break in chilly and gloomy Chicago.

[@catsnorth]

So many lovely fruit trees! Neat technique Luca uses to plant the potatoes.

[@maryminnick4922]

Your paradise is lovely!

[@ancaoltean1668]

You are living a beautiful life , that's my dream as well. Slow living, surrounded by nature, it fills my heart with joy

[@ferdinandidio2486]

the hard work you and your hubby put up there was just inspiring. I wish could see place one day.

[@b.manafi548]

It’s best having your own garden growing hard work but so rewarding xx👍😊

[@noreendixon1733]

So very impressive!! Hard but very rewarding work and you know what you are getting, no overload of dangerous chemicals in your food!

[@judybelight8041]

heavenly to create your own tea from this plush garden! Beautiful tour!

[@belindaholdsworth5344]

The lacy endive salad greens are lovely...my gorgeous, older Italian green grocer used to get them for me as I was the only Aussie around my way (it seems) who liked them :-) I do miss him since he has retired...I make a salad from cucumber, fennel, endive and avocado with olive oil, lemon and garlic. Sometimes i would throw in baby potatoes. Goes great with tuna :-D I really love your videos. Thank you so much for bringing sunshine to the day. Love to all!

[@watcher223]

Lovely garden + delicious veggies and fruits = lots of hard work! Lucca puts in many hours!

[@robsondog01hazel47]

Even grey days look beautiful there.x

[@allongman]

Enjoying your videos so much you are so lucky to live in such beautiful surroundings 😊 PS anyone who loves animals like you do has to be nice and kind . Greeting from central England .

[@robertwilkins8357]

Hi Nicki thank you for the pretty spring garden extravaganza, so nice to hear you.

[@JustAGalOnTheGo]

That looks like Frisée lettuce (curly endive). Nice. 👍 The whole garden is amazing. My grandparents were both amazing gardeners, I miss them both very much. Watching Luca in the garden reminds me of them. ❤️

[@chantalturcotte6145]

Spring in Italy 💚

[@bluesky7288]

Loved your colorful wild flower garden. Years ago the promise on the seed package of merely throwing seeds on the ground creating a carpet of color...unfortunately NEVER turned out! Glad you got the ONE seed package that worked!

[@loritapscott3805]

Wonderful to see what a verity of fruits and vegetables you have in a compact area, beautiful, a lot of work. Thank you for showing us

[@carolinecoffey2373]

How beautiful the flowers are looking makes you feel so much better thank you for sharing 💐💐💐

[@tinalee-mtslots1947]

Ahhhh how I would love to sit at your outside table, looking at the garden and out to the sea! ❤️ The sunshine, the garden and your little animal family (especially Holly with the kind and loving eyes).... Your videos always bring a little joy to my heart and with that said I think I will join your patreon to show my appreciation. Thank you so much for sharing, God bless you and all your family 🥰

[@NickiPositano]

Thank you so much! It's a bit cold to sit out there right now!

[@tinalee-mtslots1947]

@@NickiPositano better and warmer days are coming!

[@ema8909]

You already are, though the video. The mind doesnt know the difference. So enjoy!!

[@marilynroberts6644]

Thoroughly enjoyed your garden. Quite amazing really.. And your lemons, WOW... It was an added bonus to hear about all the furry visitors. 🐾💜. I'm sure your tea garden will be a huge success. Green Blessings this Spring.🌱

[@corinnecoffrini8024]

Great tour. Fava beans are great left in their shells, tossed with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper then BBQ'd. Remove the string and eat it all, shell and beans. Add a steak and baked potato and you've got a great meal!

[@marcom6947]

Thanks Nicki for a beautiful tour of your garden 😀 We can see it’s a garden full of love. Have a great day and hi to Carlo ☀️ Ciao 🇦🇺🐶

[@CallieMasters5000]

The upstairs animals all want to hang out with the downstairs crew, except for the black cat.

[@JewelzPositano]

The black cat is up there supervising! LoL! 🥰

[@renakins5749]

The suPURRvisor

[@caroll6541]

A TEA garden! Prefect idea🫖

[@caroll6541]

A TEA garden🫖 perfect idea! ‘Brexit’ is like a bad word🙄

[@incaray69]

Luca is very skilled. Everything looks so neat 😍

[@stopwaitingandtravel]

Beautiful garden!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

Lovely Nicki. So nice to see all your blossoms coming out. Your place is like ours for animals. We live on a farm in Scotland with lots of cats, 3 dogs, over 100 chickens, ducks and 3 peacocks who try and eat all my flowers and veg. Its a constant battle! However, we love them all ..at least when they're not pecking my flowers!! So nice to see the sunshine and spring arriving, its still a bit cold here. Looking forward to your next vlog. Take care.

[@thebebopbopeep]

I love the tea garden idea! I can't wait to see how it turns out.

[@bbcarbo9251]

Me too...💘 ☕

[@NickiPositano]

Me too!!

[@viche1]

@@NickiPositano You are going to put your mint into pots I hope? Otherwise, it will become a mint garden!

[@monisclair]

I caught up after binge watching all your videos and have to be patient to wait till your next video is posted! Love the tours of your garden and the dogs, cats and chickens. As others have commented you really are living the dream xxx

[@karencheney2347]

thanks for the lovely tour!

[@marilynburke7609]

The tea garden is a wonderful idea.😊❤️

[@sunrise1304]

Nicki you could add Lemon Verbena " Lemon Beebrush " in your herbe and Tea garden. It also has medicinal purposes. Cheers!

[@amandajoross9432]

lemon balm is a ground bush cover - lemon verbena is a small shrub - both will grow well there -and that daisy - with yellow flowers from the flower mix - is a calendula - keeps pests out of garden - and you can eat the petals in a salad

[@nadinetasmania]

Was thinking the same thing! Snap!

[@firstladyshah8971]

Oh, It was delightful to see your huge & beautiful garden. You have many different flowers growing, to make a beautiful bouquet with it. I enjoyed your video very much. It seems to me Luka is the main gardener. You look pretty in your flowery fork.

[@kristytriggs7271]

Love all the flowers , vegetables , trees and animals it’s all great 😊thanks for sharing

[@elnavandermerwe5098]

Interesting to see one of our indigenous plants in your garden! The strelitizia is a South African native.

[@adrianhibbs]

The garden is looking great Nicki, I really like the changes you have made. Spring is my favourite time of year...full of promise and hope for better times.x

[@ginaqueen3314]

I wish Luca would come to my house and help me plant a garden! He looks like a master, beautiful garden. Love your videos, Nicki, thank you for sharing your life (and Holly) with us!! God bless!

[@yamirkaibarra5415]

Thank you for the beautiful tour in the garden 🪴 beautiful day in positano

[@samanthamorar8167]

Just splendid yourlls garden! Luca got some skills there and green fingers! Im looking forward to seeing the tea garden come to life🥰

[@LuvaResQ]

It’s a beautiful spring garden. Thank you for the informative tour.Excited for your tea garden.

[@aranisle]

You could try ordering tea and food from Ireland, no custom fees

[@NickiPositano]

Great idea!

[@javieraramirez4289]

ah! this is an awesome idea! I hadn't think about this

[@CallieMasters5000]

Brexit was such a bad idea on so many levels.

[@annemarie3636]

I ws thinking the same about ordering from the Netherlands. They have ALL the teas over there!

[@polyphiloprogenitive4614]

@@CallieMasters5000 a tragedy :(

[@tinahemminger1372]

A wonderful garden. Full of healthy food and pretty as well.

[@rickyseymour4137]

A great garden, so nice to grow your own food, i really enjoyed the dogs playing, it was funny.

[@liz8343]

Beautiful!

[@ingridnewell7345]

I love your videos, the Best and most enjoyable on utube. Skye looks so cute in her haircut. You're videos win over any other tv shows, thank you for sharing your life❣❣

[@gisellenorbury2369]

What a lovely garden.And the best the beautiful animals.

[@christeljonsson4845]

Dear Nicky Spring Garden?!? What??! I am looking out of my window and the first thing I see is a 5 meter high snowmountain, and on the fields the snow is 1,5 meters deep. And the Bothnia ocean is covered in thick ice. Thats why I love to follow you and your family. Wonderful contrasts. Thats the way it is to live in a country with four seasons. Soon I will be swimming in the ocean again. Greetings from the very north of Sweden by the Arctic circle Love Christel

[@Tinrebel]

Please do a tea garden video, for this past Christmas I got my sis n law a book on growing teas, a container and some seeds, she’s from London, we are here in San Diego, I’d love to share the planting and harvesting you do with her. By the way I’m learning so much on vegetable gardening from you, Luca and Carlo, I just finished building a raised garden bed and need to learn so much! Thank you Nicki and family!

[@merryllthomas808]

Thx for Spring garden tour Nicky. It's looking great, can't wait see see garden in its full glory

[@ghiablanca]

I really love your garden miss nicki 🥰 every season with new variety of veggies and colors 👍💖💖💖😊

[@roxanner8]

thank you Nikki. I love a good garden tour. not fancy. but VERY productive.

[@durdanadancejoy]

My kind of heaven, bless u and bless it all for u! may u enjoy it all happily and keep entertaining us with all this beauty. Thanks n love.

[@almathees3839]

Lovely tour of Spring Garden!🌺

[@lisazochert3465]

Lovely garden. I'm quite jealous of the flowers and lettuces.

[@CARADESIREE]

Luca is a master Gardner !!!😀😀😀

[@UrbanHomesteadMomma]

Your family garden is fantastic!

[@robin-chat2812]

Pleasant tour. Spring has sprung

[@barbaranielsen2888]

Thank you for sharing your videos with me. I enjoy each one, so much!

[@gersonorellana3469]

So much effort is put into the garden and it definitely shows especially in the spring time how beautiful it is. 🌞 My favorite season is spring for this reason I love all the plants and flowers that are growing in your garden thank you so much for sharing your garden journey.

[@vintagebliss6755]

Excited to see your tea garden 💖

[@cbeark]

one of my favorites, oh my heart

[@crafter188]

That was a very lovely tour. I am in awe of the variety of veg and fruit you grow!

[@melodiehayes2461]

Thank you for sharing all your fabulous gardens!

[@DanielBMr-SundaySauce]

Great Garden ! Whenever I hear of Oleander trees being mentioned, it makes me think of the movie Enchanted April. Good Luck with that tree.

[@venishasingh7471]

I love your little pink flowers u showed at the beginning. Beautiful garden❤

[@Game-yl2lh]

It's a paradise.

[@mancengineer1656]

Thank you for your Garden tour. Luca is obviously a great grower. How about a video with an interview with him . I was very jealous of his fennel last year. Any tips Luca. Keep safe all.

[@melissamoore521]

You are going to LOVE that mulberry tree, It's like blackberries that pick themselves! Jams, cobblers, syrups for iced creams.... and mulberry dumplings!!!