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Farmer Vincent

@vincentnijman

Homesteading in rural Italy

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Aug 30, 2026, 9:36 AM UTC

Buona domenica! Greetings from Trivento!

Today, @clareartista and I are trying to have a day - or at least a morning off - away from our homestead life. We drove to the nearest wee city to visit our favorite bakery, buy a couple of things a…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Aug 26, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

Fairytale Forest

"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, I thou…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Aug 23, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC

Life is not always what it seems

I took this photo two days ago. What does it make you think of? The first thing I think about, when I look at it, is wild fires. Knowing how many of those there seem to be, these days, around the glo…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Aug 19, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC

Fruit Fest

### 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…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Aug 17, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC

La Vita é Bella

Today wasn't too shabby... We got up before sunrise In the morning, whilst Clare was out working, I spent quite a bit of time watering the garden... It felt great to see the grapevines, pomegrenate,…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Aug 15, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC

I'm back!

Have you missed me? I sure have missed you... Yesterday, after a three and a half month wait, my new phone finally arrived. I was close to thinking I had been scammed In the last weeks and months, I…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Jul 22, 2026, 9:17 AM UTC

Don't wake sleeping cats

Yesterday, late afternoon, whilst our big hot water barrel was warming up in the sunshine, once again, Nelly ( formerly known as Mama Gatta ) was sleeping on the roof of our future kitchen. A roof th…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Jul 17, 2026, 3:44 PM UTC

Feck! Flipflop failure at the vecchia fontana

Mid-afternoon, under the scorchio sun ( 39 Celsius today! ), I walked to la vecchia fontana, less than 10 minutes from our place, to get us some acqua viva e molto fresca... I passed the three ancien…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Jul 16, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC

Another week on our homestead

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…

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Farmer Vincent
@vincentnijman Jul 11, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC

The Hay Fever continues...

### 🎶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 ha…

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