This week a tour of our property, to show the lay-out of the land and what we have done so far.
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Lea van der Eems
Apartado 001144
EC Zona Industrial Castelo Branco
6001 – 901 Castelo Branco
Portugal
Music: Epidemic Sound
New here? My name is Lea and I live with my partner Maarten and our toddler Puck on our land in Central Portugal. We left the rat race in the Netherlands in 2018 and moved south in our old campervan. Two years ago we bought land in Portugal that had been abandoned for several decades. After lots of hard work we now live in a beautiful yurt and keep ourselves busy growing our own vegetables as well as producing olive oil, wine and honey on a small scale. This channel documents all the different jobs we have to do, and sometimes some nice footage of this beautiful country we now call home. Want to see more updates? Don’t forget to subscribe!
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By The Way, another book is “Holistic Management”, it’s the worst written book I’ve ever read, but if you disregard the talking about broad acre farming and cattle farming, go to the “core” which is a Thinking and Management system.
You have accomplished a lot, specially with kids!!🤩😍
Excellent work , everyone is doing really well . I raise my hat in total respect to all the family , little co,hosts included . Keep going , never give up , onward and upwards . Best wishes from GB . . ONE Amazing family . .
This is wonderful. I have never seen something like this. I came across this when I was looking into buying land. Do you have a FB page?
You look youthful and radiant
I just started looking at your property and yes you have done so much and the progress and wow thank you so much
Great work…keep on promoting the Paradise that's Portugal !…
Is it beautiful ❤️ and you work hard. God blessed 🙏💟
I am so happy to see this amazing episode of nature…
You will soon reap the fruits of your labor. God Bless !
Congratulations you have found paradise 👍
You make me tired just watching you guys.
You could line the pond with tapaulin
Yes a pond would add on more beautiful to your land. I would love to have a pond in our back yard…someday. your family has almost all you need fruits trees is a big plus! Love it
Very good job!!!👏👏👏👍❤️
These strange apples are MARMELOS (quinces), peeled you can make MARMELADA (marmelade quince) and with the peels and seeds you can make GELEIA DE MARMELO (quince jelly).
congratulations on your move! and what you are doing. Some constructive criticism of how you present your information: those of us watching from cities really would love to see 1) more nature shots, less shots of you talking to camera, explaining many details we can see for ourselves without extra commentary. The first rule in writing or filming is "show, don't tell", otherwise you are taxing the viewers patience….especially on youtube, where there are so many thoughtful and well crafted videos we can choose from. I wish you all the success, just put a little more thought into presentation and all will be well with your subscribers tuning in for more!
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awesome guys. i salute for being industrious and usually it is associated with a GOLDEN HEART. im happy for you guys. Life is a joureney. im a filipino Sir and Madam.
19:43 that big tree on the right thinks the land is flat or a much lower angle.🤔
The best money for tomatoes, at a farmer's market, seem to come from the earliest crop and latest, beyond the point others have tomatoes. I'm wondering if there's a part of your land that would allow you to have earlier and later crops easier.
Its a very nice site for an eye opener for Indian people
Quince doesn't grow where I live, and how lucky you are to have some quince trees
on your land. The pronunciation, by the way, is KWINS!
Your baby very pretty (big😀)
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I posted earlier how to become water independent even if your well spring dries up.
You can purchase olive oil extractor machines from India which are quite inexpensive compared to what you can purchase in any other country. In Australia people are having no fuss success with "Flow Hive" which is gentle for the bees. It is a Revolutionary Harvesting Technology that provides minimal disturbance to the bees
Hi,your place looks really good.Could you recommend a land agent to buy a property similar
If you rip the soil with a tractor and one of that deep ripping tools like perpendicular to the slope so much more rainfall will stay in the soil. Search permaculture soil ripping theres quite many videos on that.
Goats can clear the land very well. Mais niet in rijen planten maar in 'vierkanten' voor een betere bestuiving, bevruchtig. Succes!
Leuk deze vlogjes. Jullie zijn er echt wat moois van aant maken. Ga zo verder👍🏻 wat de put betreft zou ik opteren om iets van een deksel of afdakje erboven te maken, dan verdampt er minder en zakt het water minder snel. Ipv waterholes te graven kan je ook denken aan permacultuur begroeiing aanbrengen op jullie landje. Ook dat houdt het water beter vast in de grond, maar 1 project met een keer he:)
You and your family are remarkable and you are blessed with nature.
Such relaxing and interesting videos to watch your lives there – thank you! A lot of progress is evident in two years. Blessings.
If you want to spare water, transform some old dead trees in to woodchips. It keeps the moist in the ground, and it even can filter some parts of your gray water. It also slowly breaks down into nutrition.
Amazing Blessings you are Creating for your Growing Family. At 13:37 Speaking a beautiful stone home built with your Stone, hemplime and Hemp Blocks ~ like Lego designed. Very very affordable and Fireproof, sustainable and non- toxic for many Lifetimes. Hemp Block International. Check them out, and then begin to imagine.
" We dug it over the winter, at least Martin dug it over the winter" haha we will let you off, you did have a baby.
Lovely.
Thank you. Keep up the good job and dreams.
Great video. Are there any poisonous snakes in that area?
Poderiam, pelo menos, tentar dizer algumas palavras em português, afinal….
Lea, I discovered your channel a few weeks ago, and I have binge-watched all the episodes, looking forward to my evenings when I watch you and your lovely family. Maarten is wonderful, always working, trying meet the diverse needs of a family. Your children are gorgeous. Love watching Louis, especially when he seems to be searching for a necklace he has lost ! Sissy is an old lady, who appears to love her peace. We don’t see much of the cats. Miss Mr Hank, but he got above himself. Lovely chickens.
Will be curious to see your grape harvest, and the bounty from the orchard.
Brilliant work. I shall be rooting for you all the way. I have already spoken to some friends about you.
Take good care of yourselves.
Erg leuk om naar jullie vlogs te kijken , maar haal wel ff je haar onder je oksels vandaan , staat zo verschrikkelijk lelijk
I watched a u tube video on a barn builted from pallets. It was beautiful. He could have used it as a home.
The portuguese government is giving 50% grants for building ponds, I think you are elegible to get some money to finish your pond.
If you can get a few pigs and put them where the new pond is and they will harden that clay quickly as they wallow in it they will seal the bottom so it can hold water. Then when they have done their job you can sell them or harvest them. Just an idea I thought I'd put it out here… Be blessed in Jesus name… BBE…