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Carissa, Iwan, Frankie & Albi
Carissa, Iwan & Frankie decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month they were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call their new home. We picked up Albi the cat along the way. Subscribe to follow our journey as we turn an old stone barn into our home, and learn the ropes of looking after a piece of land to make an abundant garden and one day, our very own winery.
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This is my absolute favorite video of yours. Thank You 💖💖
It is SO nice to see you progressing the way I have to do. No tractors etc..just muscle. This day & age in USA people just think I'm an "odd ball". Thank you for the feeling you give me that I'm not. Or at least as with my whole life …… it's ok to be. 🥰
Loved the picota. There are some cool example of how to use this ancient water lifting system. Ewan could use his climbing equipment to make the system work even better. If you look up shadoof or shaduf, you'll find some examples of it working. We've seen similar in action in Morocco. Nice to have a double helping this week. 🙂
Maybe buy a water pump with a benzine motor works very well.😇💟💟💟 love you guys.
Chickens are good helper's, thanks for your vid.😇💟💟💟 love you guys.
Should clean around d Well plant some flowers around it
Been thinking about scoring some land and going off grid soon, glad I found your channel
A quince question, what type is that with the white/pink blossom? Mine are all coral blossoms no idea what they are either. Thanks.
Attention! it seems to me that you have removed the big stone that determines the property. They are very deep blocks of stone that are placed at the edges of the properties for instrumental measurements and that delimit the properties and you have removed it … be careful.
I grew a few herbs last year in my tea garden/ flower bed and am still enjoying them. Plans to grow a few more this season so you’ll really enjoy the process.
I saw you trying to work the picota, you do not need a rope, you hook the bucket directly to a hook at the end of the pole, same at the top there should be a hook at the top as well, you grab the pole at the bucket end with a swing motion with the bucket in the water fill and the counter weight at the back end “the rock” will help bring the bucket up easily. In my younger years we used those all the time to bring up water for the garden.
every time you clean chicken throw all on compost heap
That's not how a Picota works!
1st – The bucket must be fixed by the handle directly to the tip of the rod (does not hang from a rope)
2nd – The operator holds the rod, and pulls it into the water, and the rod itself sinks the bucket (no matter how deep the water surface is)
3rd – When the bucket is full (which will happen when the stick sinks it below the water surface) the operator will pull the stick up (the weight of the stone at the other end will help to pull the bucket up).
4th – When the bucket is within reach, it must be grasped by the handle with the left hand, and with the right hand grasping the bottom of the bucket, pour into the small stone reservoir.
It is a process that is done very quickly and with little effort.
Wack all your weeds and grass cuttings into water jam packed with NPK along with nettles couple handfuls leaf mould and chicken poo. Also start a compost heap and use trimmings(green)
Hi friends! Here is the example of the picota working that I hope it helps. There are many picotas here in
Portugal but very few in operation so congratulations for trying to recover this one!👏🏻👏🏻. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GMCYwbVbwcU
https://youtu.be/GMCYwbVbwcU
good afternoon, this video shows how to use the “picota”
Valerian is great. And yours looks healthy. Your gardens will be beautiful this year!! The scene with the black cat was amazing.. maybe just a second or two too long😊 Great job guys 💞 Very enjoyable to watch .
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Hey guys love your video's just a question with all the grass you guys have why dont you have ducks. They great grazers. Also good for snails and slugs and mice and bugs. Ive notuced most of you guys in Portugal dont have ducks. Why ? Plus they are great egg layers as apposed to chickens. Probably just my opinion
Pretty cool….garment time….and a Brazilian singer…good voice and a very Brazilian rhythm 🤗…. but again I love the garden, it makes us feel close to heaven. I grew up as a scout,since I was 5, and how wonderful it is to see how it is the place where we meet ourself…. and the delicious desert also…loving your many being 🥰
Love watching your beautiful Farm 🚜 is sooo peaceful and beautiful 😍 thanks for sharing.
The well mechanism need something heavy-weight on that end where yr boyfriend was pulling Dawn or up ( stone tide up to it will do it works) then when yu pull down on the other end its easy to manage. Ideally instead of that wood hanging chain will be much better. Please ask if you like something more. Also chichen poo is the best fertiliser but yu must mixed-up with soil so it won't be to strong cos chicken poo had lots of amonia. Good lack
2 vids / week, very nice!
Guy…, the vertical pole is the one you should handle. You do not need to mess with the pivot. And a picota is only useful when the water level is low.
Love your choices in music, so relaxing. You two work so hard and your land shows it. Your animals are so adorable. I enjoy watching them follow you around.
Where there's a will there's a way 🙂
Your well thingy. If you tie the bucket just below the pole them you can swivel it & drop into the well. The pole will push the bucket under. Then I am assuming the pole lines up with the cistern(?) then raise th pole with the bucket & swivel to the cistern. If the bucket is at correct height it will hit the edge & tip the water in. Repea. Repeat . Repeat until the job is done or until you are bored stiff or completely Knackered. If you are still trying to get it to work I bet one of your elderly neighbours will know exactly how.
Yes Carissa..we have Blue Vervain..same family as valerian. How many leaves in a mug of hot water..for a night cap ?
So I guess the wine turned out well, yes? 🍾🍾
You will have muscles like popeye after moving that sand🐶🐱
Beautiful relaxing music….lovely seeing the chickens..
Carissa, you're getting a beautiful skin tone working outside, and those braids look great on you. I love the jazzy bossa vibe and the calmness on that black cat laying on the thyme. Happy springtime!
Put a brick in the bucket, u stand on the step, dunk on the step end, and pour into the stone trough ,that leads into irigation system. I made all that up, could be ?!
Olá, o balde tem que levar uma pedra dentro dele. Um abraço
Love the music And your progress 🙂
Watch here how the picota works https://youtu.be/o6s3zwt3VxY
that music sent me to sleep lol
On thing I would advise is Eubanks voice when he is outside is very hard to hear x