Podcast from Italy: Ashley & Jason Bartner

Podcast from Italy: Ashley & Jason Bartner


Latest Episodes

#166 - An Easter Episode: Making Pizza di Pasqua & Ciccioli (Pork Cracklings)
March 31, 2024

An Easter episode and recap of Spring! Jason explains not only how to make Crescia or Pizza di Pasqua a savory peppery Easter bread, as well as making homemade ciccioli (think pork cracklings), plus he shares his thoughts on using spent sourdough starter.

#165 - Slaughtering our 1st pig, Carnevale Dolce & Boar Hunter's Lunch
February 25, 2024

#165 - Slaughtering our 1st pig, Carnevale Dolce & Boar Hunter's LunchKicking off a new season of the podcast with a whirlwind of activity in our valley! We slaughtered our first pig with the help of our neighbors and then took nearly a week to proces

#164 - The Blessing of the Animals, Italian Driver's License Test, A New Tractor and Logistics of Slaughtering the Pigs
January 29, 2024

So much is talked about in this jam-packed episode! From buying a used tractor and figuring out the transportation to the logistics of slaughtering our pigs. In local life talk - we take the dogs to t

#163 - Holiday Stories, Recipe for Wild Boar Sauce & A Major Award
January 14, 2024

A little holiday recap and memories of La Befana and the living nativity scenes of years past. Jason shares a local boar sauce recipe after the hunters left us a nice little thank you gift! And we ret

# 162 - 2023 Recap
December 13, 2023

We are finally back after a great season of guests with stories about the farm, animals, guests and of course Gaggi!

#161 - Gelato is on the Menu + Wild Life Encounters deep in the Italian countryside
May 11, 2023

Spring is in full swing and we decided to procrastinate on a rainy evening & instead of working down our to-do list we recorded a new episode! We share crazy and funny wild life encounters at our farm

#160 - Pasqua, Pigs & LARPing?!
April 09, 2023

Happy Easter from Italy! We've been busy with Spring projects as usual during early Spring but for the first time Jason was at the helm of the tractor when we prepared the soil! Was it all he had buil

#159 - Archery Classes, Formula 1 Racing & Clarkson’s Farm + A Chapter from the Book
March 02, 2023

This episode we connect the dots between our archery classes and the Ferrari Formula 1 racing team - we have something very funny in common! Our thoughts on "Clarkson's Farm" along with seed planning

#158 - Pigs, Lake Garda and a Traffic Light
February 16, 2023

Were getting pigs! An update on their arrival and the winter weather along with water cooler talk about what everyones talking about in Piobbbico!! We take a little getaway to Lake Garda and visit Verona for the European Outdoor Show. Theres a short b

#157 - Holiday Recap
January 10, 2023

A festive holiday recap - from dinner on Christmas and New Year's Eve with good ol' Dr. Gaggi to a satanic ritualistic sacrifice of sorts in the main piazza of Urbania during the La Befana children's