WHY Didn't We Do This Sooner? Restoring Abandoned Italian Homestead

WHY Didn't We Do This Sooner? Restoring Abandoned Italian Homestead 🇮🇹 💧

This week, we’re making a big step forward on our homestead in rural Italy — and honestly, we’re wondering why we didn’t do this sooner. We’re finally setting up our off-grid rainwater harvesting system to help restore and rewild this once-abandoned land. With no mains water here, building a sustainable, self-sufficient water system is essential — and this is the very first step in our rainwater harvesting project.

In this ep, we’re digging trenches, installing our first IBC tank and setting up our DIY rainwater off-grid water system. Along the way, we’re also restoring a broken door on the old house, sharing our young permaculture food forest (which will be thriving next year) and working together to restore our abandoned land, one step at a time. This is one of many homestead projects we have planned to bring life back to this area of rural Italy.

Whether you like sustainable living, permaculture, soil regeneration, or you're dreaming of restoring some abandoned land yourself — we hope this brings you inspiration, a few peaceful moments & some laughs. Hope you enjoy, Emily & Robi x

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Chapters:    • WHY Didn't We Do This Sooner? Restoring Ab...  
00:00 Welcome to our Homestead
00:54 Harvesting Rainwater Project
02:00 Digging Trenches
04:25 Restoring The Old Door On The House
06:43 DIY Project Prepping & Painting
08:58 Repairing Wood
11:07 Installing The Off-Grid Water Tank
13:24 Preparing To Install Water Pipes
15:58 Repurposing Sheet Metal Into A Filter
17:00 Installing The Handmade Water Filter
17:52 Testing The Rainwater Harvesting System
18:15 Our Small Food Forest
19:32 Finishing Restoring The Homestead Door
21:14 Making Amarena Syrup
21:56 Lemon Tree & Finishing Touches
22:59 Deleted Scenes/Outro

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