Project Plan: Land, House and Outbuildings on Our Small Farm in Portugal - #2

We've made many plans over the last 12 months since we moved onto our small farm in central Portugal. Some of those plans have been executed successfully and some of those plans have changed. Today we're going to give you a tour of the whole property and talk about some of our plans - large and small - for how we're going to restore and rejuvenate this plot of land, the farmhouse and the support buildings.

Join us for a slightly longer than anticipated, slightly rambling walk and talk. We'll show you some of the projects we've started and lots more we have in the works for this year and into the future.

[judiehavard]

Dehydrated orange slices are great to decorate for Christmas. And used with cinnamon sticks. In the South in the USA people used to paint the tree trunks of many trees. Using a lime wash paint. Up about 4-5 feet to help keep the ants and bugs from eating into the tree. I don't see but a few doing it anymore. But some are rediscovering this. Some of all your concrete debris can be used for a French drain around the house. Keep the bread oven that wood be wonderful.

[sophieb]

I like you guys. Practical & real— not too much fluff

[motttta]

10:30 - "For some medicinals and other herbs" 😎 gotcha.
Haha

[dont_say_my_name]

On our farm in Kamchatka we also planted potatoes into close rows and didn’t water it, just like your neighbors :)

[annekeolivier]

The fruit trees you have in Portugal is exactly the same types we have in South Africa 😊

[gecoimbra]

I'm 🇵🇹, and proud for what you have done in your property. Congratulations and welcome to beautiful 🇵🇹. Take your time.

[nancibishof]

Perhaps one of the escape ladders made of chain and bars that hooks over a wall would work for clearing the well. Its nice that you have a bedroom in the house now and are at a stage at which you can work to develop the food crops and on the house. Its a long haul project but you will have a fabulous place when all the work is for the never ending maintenance of both home and gardens.

[philomenalear]

Nice to see you again, I have missed seeing your vlogs. Love from Australia. (Canberra.)

[vincentminor]

Just found your vlog. Excited to see your progression. ❤🌹🌹🌹

[johanlarsson]

Figs, olivs, tangeriens, appleas, pears. nectarines, lime, oranges, mandarin, peach... that is amazing, combined with growing vegetables you hardly need anything else :)

[mariolys]

Dehydrate the citrus peels ! They have a ton of uses ! Also perhaps a digestor to make bio gas !

[lindakurtz]

With all the tree maintenance you’ll be doing, you might be interested in watching Stefan Sebkowiak. Ifyou haven’t already found him, he is an orchardist in Canada who manages his commercial orchard with permaculture principles. You mentioned several trees that don’t produce good fruit-if you find you can’t improve the quality of the fruit, he uses the well established trunk and root system as the basis to graft good tasting fruit to it. Love watching your videos.

[vickyoakes]

A big endeveor but a lot to look forward to and learn. Keep it fun and enjoy the process. Thanks for sharing.

[BritishAnts]

I want you to name a the boy chicken Sean after me! 😂❤ i love chickens and Bantams! ❤

[ankiking]

How come I didn’t know you were over here now! Luckily I recognized Kylie in an image that came up on YT! Happily subscribed!

[jwestrik]

If I may suggest 2 fruits to plant that did really well when I lived in the north west of Spain (Asturias) and which I miss the most since moving to Ireland.
1-Passion Fruits(not passion flowers!!!!). We grew it from seed in pots and planted it against some fences and in the second year already produced a big harvest of expensive high value fruits which keep very well. We harvested them even through winter. These are expensive fruits to buy in the shop and we had 50kg of it!

2- Pineapple Guava or Feijoa. These produce unique tasty and fairly large aromatic green fruits.

Both of these are not affected by birds and once established keep on silently producing big crops.

We did plant Pineapple Guavas in our land in Ireland in sheltered areas, but I am not too sure we will get fruit out of it. We live in hope. We mainly stick with apples, pears, Medlars, Quinces, cherries and plums. And all the soft fruits We had to leave hundreds of fruit trees behind when we left Spain, and planted about 1 hundred in the last 2 years. So still early days.

[peggystutz]

Your place is my favorite of the rehabs I have seen in a long time. Excellent.

[stephengneri]

Dont know the history but am really enjoying the vlog. TY.

[storiesfromthecascina]

re-watching this old episode of your adventure and feeling so reassured that in march 2022 you were planning to be living in the ground floor by christmas 😄 at least we're not the only ones who are a bit optimistic sometimes 😅 it's a good reminder that progress always feels slower when you're in the middle of a project and that from the outside it looks like an amazing amount of work done.

[joelmunoz]

We been watching your wonderful videos from Redondo Beach California. We love your project.