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Solo Woman's Off Grid Journey in Portugal from the Start – Part 2

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Solo Woman's Off Grid Journey in Portugal from the Start – Part 2

Welcome to the second installment of the video series where we travel back in time to when I began filming in August 2020

If you haven’t already watched the first video, here’s the link:

I go over five jobs I did way back at the start and this video will go through five more until we catch up to resent day. I filmed a lot of stuff before I got around to starting this channel and I think this will be a good way to look back to see the things I’m already done to get to the point I’m at today.

This video’s jobs are:

1. Making a Window Hole
2. Planting Trees
3. Slaking Lime
4. Preparing Wood for the Bezzanine
5. Olive Picking

I hope you enjoy this series and a bit of time travel! Thanks for watching!

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  1. What is going on with your water storage behind you in the video? I noticed the concrete blocks, so is this the tank that was leaking and needing work? That's is one of the projects I will be interested to see you work on. I have what appears to be a spring on one end of my property and would like to find a way of holding part of the water back so I have it for watering trees over there. I also liked the lime footage. I want to use not just the lime putty but the lime wash. Want to put that on the inside of the chicken coop since it is supposed to be great antibacterial.. Always so much stuff to try!

  2. Good job! You got lots of suggestions for your olive oil. I second the idea of using it as a preservative for whole olives, sun-dried tomatoes, etc. But you are still in the building phase, not the storage and cooking phase. Maybe be something for later using those jars you have. Have you been able to explore the microclimates on you property yet? There might be sheltered spots for Guacamole and the Banana.

  3. Hello from Greece.You are an intresting and capable person but i wonder how you manage to handle it with your creative and chaotic mind (ha-ha.).Step by step-said Saron Stone-dont think- but act /one by one works, from the start to the finish. One-one-not all together…in the end all the works have been totally finished…cheers…

  4. 🙋hi from Scotland ,hi kirsty thank you for another interesting vidio I love the texture of the lime looking forward to seeing you using it ,I lived on the island of Crete for a year and I helped picking olives oh my god it was hard work but I loved it ,I can't stand olives but love olive oil you can't beat a nice big piece of home made crusty bread dipping it into the oil love you channel it's amazing how you are getting on with building your home and garden take care till next time cheers 🍷 from Scotland 💐🌾🌷🌺

  5. Always interested. 😁🥑🇦🇺 Olive oil…..pastry, cake batter, preserved goodies and replacement for any fats in cooking.
    Avocado should do well except in frosts. Cover with burlap in winter, or up early to hose frost off. Trim back any dead/dying branches and keep all fruit trees low, to reach bounty. Great work.

  6. I am a 1%’er wanting more lime stuff! It’s so interesting to learn about it. You are a dynamo. Love your videos. I am in Croatia for a year using the most amazing olive oil I have ever tasted. (From US where the olive oil isn’t olive oil).

  7. Olive oil is the bomb on popcorn instead of butter…add sea salt and possibly nutritional yeast and you have a yummy, nutritional snack. Love your place!! Karen

  8. I am so enjoying your videos. I could listen to you for long periods of time, I think it is the way you mix in comedy with your explanations and video. Really interesting. Look forward to hearing more about your projects.

  9. I think you are doing well on you block of land. I would like to see you finish your windown and come our od your sarcophagus and bring some light to your tiny home. Best of luck

  10. Yay! Liming, yes, totally up for hearing/seeing more on that process and uses, especially the rendering. Olive oil, I make soap. I haven't used 100% olive oil yet, but intend to. It's slow to cure and eventually makes a hard soap. Currently I add coconut oil and shea butter. There is an app called 'soap' a yellow bar on burgundy background which allows you to put the ingredients you want to use in and it works out the quantities of each and the lye required.

  11. I know the 'Indie Projects' channel had to order a pallet of lime several months ago. IDK if you are close in proximity, but maybe they have the lime you were hoping for. Actually, I don't even know if they used the whole pallet or not, they haven't mentioned it for a long time. If I remember, the last video they talked about it, there was like a half pallet left. Indie Projects is a Portugal channel.

  12. I don't know if someone suggested it, but a good way to use the olive oil you have in excess is to use it to preserve some vegetables from your garden, for example: tomatoes, garlic, cucumbers, etc.

  13. Hi Kirsty, Thanks for sharing another interesting video. Maybe you could show us some of the lime render that you have done ? Especially as we have seen you making the lime paste. BTW It was a pleasure meeting you in a local cafe a couple of months ago, I'm the guy on crutches.

  14. 1% here! Im glad it didn’t blow up. I assume you put in the steps by the water tank…amazing. I love all the trees. Did you paint the door black? You don’t shy away from hard work whereas I just like to watch others do this. Keep the videos coming and you have such pretty views from your finca.

  15. Olive oil makes for a really nice moisturizer. Feta and oregano in olive oil. Herbed oil. Soap. It was nice seeing your older projects – are you using the lime on your walls later?

  16. You would pleasantly surprised at how many people enjoy learning building on YouTube, so I guess, myself included, really enjoy learning about things like lime that I know absolutely zero about, so thank you !

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