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What a wonderful episode!! You are amazing to be involved in so many fantastic adventures!! Thrilled to see you and Niki together! Both of your channels are my “must see!” programming!!
Dizzying!! So impressive!! And 7 channels?! 😮
Now I see why I mentioned you being a bit scattered when we met, WOW! 😂 cheers Kirk
Kylie Flavel's channel is also quite fun to follow in addition to Julie's and Nikki's. I too have lived in Italy for years and the sense of community IS strong!
Have you tried breading and baking/frying the flowers for the courgettes (I don't know how to spell that)
You are what makes me smile as a woman! You are so real, so natural, so busy and you keep going! LOVE IT!
Hi thank you for sharing your week. Lovely seeing you & Nikki catching up. I laughed at her treading water. Also zucchini kingdom.
I’m glad of all your wonderful employees and volunteers.
I’m going to try the vegetarian recipes. X
If you have some cold frames you can grow salad leaves all winter. I can do that even on the north yorkshire coast.
Thanks for the video, it was very interesting.
Julie and Luke have good morning! Have superior beautiful day! Huggers and love!❤😊❤
Great video. Your week is as crazy as I had imagined. So much to do. You have an amazing amount of energy, am sure because of your very healthy lifestyle. Your happiness and enthusiasm shines through every video and every thing you do. The staff must feel so great that they have you as their boss. I watch Nicky and Carlo’s two channels every week.
Wow you are so busy.
I just found this channel and the content is interesting to watch, but it is very distracting to have you not looking at the camera when you are talking.
Great video you are a very busy lady. Keep up the good work 🤗🤗
So glad to see you and Nicki getting together. I’ve learned so much from both of you.
I enjoy watching you open the curtains and shutters again. 😊
This was so much fun for so many reasons, not the least of which is seeing how your life has changed since we first started following you when you started this channel, and the wonderful staff and friendships you have cultivated! ❤🎉
When you film the other manors and castles, what kind of feed back do they get from those videos?
What a wonderful episode. What a life well lived. I'll bet taking the time to run and exercise and do a little gardening must help keep you going with all your many tasks. ❤
Hi Julie, I hope your keeping those scribble pads for the archives and not discarding them. It's so easy to dismiss what is no longer relevant to us as irrelevant to future generations. I will also screenshot text for preservation if it's warranted. 🙂
Wait, what? I thought pickles are pickled cucumbers. Confused.
Why do we never see your kitties?
omg you are a master juggler!
Julie, an unsolicited gardening tip, you need to thin out the carrots, so they grow down nice and long, instead of in a cluster, that way you'll get more carrots overall
Very interesting. You do a great job on your makeup, but you might need a new hairstylist. Bangs and a bob might be more flattering.
I was going to say that you might want to consider raising the beds in the greenhouse to make it easier to plant and pick tomatoes. But then I saw you squatting down. Excellent knees. I guess there is no need at the moment but you may feel more creaky as you age. At that time (if or when) you can reconsider this advice. I enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing it with us (:
I do not envy you’re life in the least!
Phhhleerze. Look outside of your privileged life. Gaza, end of US democracy, Ukraine etc. Use your privilege for something more than complaining
A very busy week, for sure! I agree that your exercise trumps everything else. Same for me. I find it interesting that you eat so late. I'm cleaning everything up at that time and getting ready for bed by 2100. Though I do get up at 0530. I see you were up and about at 0700, though. How much rest do you get? Not much I guess
The portrait was amazing! What a lovely gift.
This was a great video thanks to u and the patrons 🎉🎉🎉 please do another in a month or two time esp with the sezson changing
I loved it, what a great idea it was. Great experience.
others will likely have mentioned that carrots tend to fork when the soil is too rocky or clumpy. I don't have an answer to that except for sifting the soil in your soil row.
Male zucchini bread with your abundance. It’s delicious.
Do we have to have a work visa to volunteer? My adult kids (they’re 27 & 28 yrs old) & I want to come soon from America. We want to do work away programs and go around to England, Italy & Spain. We want to move to one of those places! But we want to come for 6 months to start.
Any advice I’d love to hear !
Do you eat dinner with Luke?
What a great video! Enjoyed it muchly. 🥰 A pleasure seeing Nicki.
Oh my! Julie you are a real dynamo! ! Greetings from New Zealand! ❤️
The pool😂😂😂
I love that you shared our exercise routine. Like you, I prioritize exercise! Things don't work out as well for me if I don't. I was a distance runner for decades, but in my 50's, I am really enjoying rucking. There are many benefits to this very satisfying workout. I keep up with your adventures from the deep South of the US.
When you are at the antique markets, look for small containers to put those plant cuttings in for selling 🙂
Loved seeing you in the muniment room and the connections to the cine films! I have the letters my grandfather wrote travelling to the Far East in the 1920s and then I found his photo album of the same trip!
Have you considered keeping the curtains open overnight? Especially in warmer months when you don’t need to keep out the cold?
Thank you for sharing your day and life. You're very inspiring. I mean it. Seeing this video blessed me with much needed inspiration. You don't know it, but you helped me out today. Thank you.
In Rome, most people have AC in their homes. Sometimes they can’t because it being a listed building and they are maybe just renting…
Thank you for this extra efford on top of your already really full schedule, I always wonder how you do it! I attribute your workout/yoga and mostly vegetable based food to make it possible😍, plus you enthusiasm 🤗
Anyone have a link to the notebook?
Just saw you on Fox Business Live! Shocked! It was a great discussion! 🎉🎉
I will be your assistant!! ❤😊