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Hi there! I am Joseph.
I have been an immigrant / expat living in central Portugal along with my beautiful girlfriend Mariana for six years now.
Together Mariana, my father Clinton and myself, would like to show you a bit of the daily goings on around our Portuguese farm / homestead / smallholding and all of the work we are doing whilst renovating, starting building projects, working with our livestock, DIY and trying to grow our little families own food!
In this episode we welcome you to join us in late Spring time as we are given a tour around a bargain farm house, which is for sale, in a rural mountain village in central Portugal.
We start the virtual tour by introducing ourselves as we explain the location of this wonderful gem of a farm and a little about the surroundings and local amenities.
We begin by walking up the long private dirt track, which gives fantastic access to the farm. Then we step onto the property itself, the first thing we see as we look around is huge orchards of peach and cherry, which surround the property, as well as lots of cork oak trees and olives. There is a large farm house of around 50m2 sitting at the end of the driveway, as we walk onto the threshold we start to take a little look around the place.
I firstly check out the ruin itself, which of course needs a complete rebuild. This is fairly easily achieved though and I know of many contractors and specialists who can help in this project, the builders I know of our all local people who give a fair days work for honest pay and I have personally seen a lot of their works.
Once we discussed the house a while I decided to take a short walk around some of the land, goats can be seen being herded in the distance, their bells can be heard every morning as they walk from their barn to the pastures. There are two neighbours to this property, one that shares the private track and another that is on the other side.
We see many beautiful wildflowers and grasses as we walk through he fields. Of course there are many butterflies and bees flying around, this signifies that there have been no chemicals sprayed over the farm. We see numerous fruit trees as we walk around and spot the farms two water sources, namely a couple of water mines, these differ from boreholes or wells greatly and are horizontally dug into the mountain side to access underground springs or aquifers.
Once we got to the top terrace we found the farms vineyard, which is all strung and posted nicely, which makes for a very neat looking vineyard indeed. There is also a small semi circled terrace there which acts as a hidden garden for anyone who wishes to sit in the shade of the afternoon sun, with a good book or a glass of your own homemade wine, just listening to goat bells and not a lot else, perfect!
Once we had taken a look around the farm I decided it was a good idea to grab an ice cold bottle of water from the local cafe situated in Vale de Prazeres, the nearby village. There are quite a few lovely little shops and things here, a couple of which I showed and then headed back to my own farm.
When I arrived back on my own farm it was of course starting to warm up somewhat, this weather is too hot for cherry picking so I waited a couple of hours and then my family and I gathered our belongings and made our way to the orchards, I spoke with both my mother, who was weighing cherries and my father who was picking alongside me.
Once we had our cherries all picked I made my way to the farmhouse kitchen, where I set about making a lovely cherry and almond pie, as requested from a couple of you last week, thank yuo for the suggestion.
At the very end of the day I sat around the pool, fingers sore from cherry stems and throat dry from the sun, a remedy for both of these things is an ice cold beer, to which I say give me that remedy!
Have an amazing week everybody and I look forward to seeing you all again next week!
See our journey to self sufficiency / permaculture / organic farming living in Portugal, trying to produce as much of our own food planting vegetables, growing fruit trees as well as looking after all our animals, such as our chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, quail, rabbits and sheep – Shortly pigs too!
– Growing vegetables, raising meat and foraging on our cherry farm in Portugal’s Beira baixa, Fundão
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Hi Joe , enjoyed your vidio as always , lovely looking around the property, cherry pie 🥧 looked delicious, well done all of you with all the cherry picking , take care , love you all XXX💕💕
Judging by the awful offerings I regularly receive via Idealista this one appears better than many. Thanks for posting. 😊
Ah, the crunch of your 🍒cherry🥧pie's crust ~~ marvelous 😋🤤☺️. Thank you, Joe, for indulging us 🙆🏻♀️.
Thanks for the video, Joseph! Busy time of the year for you. You are a pro with pie crust!
Que linda quinta nos mostraste hoje, quem me dera poder comprar 😊 a tua aldeia parece mesmo bonita e a tua tarte de cereja e a cerveja sabe mesmo ao verão 🥰
Lovely land and area to live. I can picture goats enjoying some of that with me. I appreciate your videos very much. I have a big question, I am an alcoholic and can not drink alcohol, it is not good for me, turns me into an evil person, and I see a lot of alcohol in your videos…. If I moved there, would I be able to use the grapes and hang out with people without drinking alcohol or making wine, would it be acceptable for me not to drink? Thank you.
Loved the cherry pie episode!
The farm… where is the slope facing? I mean, North, South, West, East, SW, NE, etc
Nice pie!
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Although I’ve been a subscriber for over a year, this is the first video that came into my feed in the past 8 months. I would love to sell my house in the US and buy that property. However, my daughters don’t want me moving across the country, let alone leave the country.
Hi Joseph! Long time i don't comment… I was in Portugal for 2 weeks in May. Visited Porto, Algarve and Lisbon. I never made to central Portugal. Ah, a pound of those cherries here in Florida is $5.69. mom and dad are looking good. Dad is talking a bit more.
That looks like a fantastic farm Joseph. And lovely to see summer in full swing there!
Wow Joseph another great Video, thanks for showing us that beautiful farm for sale.
Very nice video!
thankyou for the tour,love the fruit trees and the bio diversity it looks a good project and what wonderful views and outlook
My mouth is watering at the sight of that gorgeously delicious cherry pie, one of my favourites – yummy 😀
Hi Joseph and Mariana and the family great video still a lot of cherry’s hope it’s better for you next year,loved the cherry pie hmmm.
eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler👍👍👍👍
Thank you for showing us the property. Were there any orange or lemon trees?
is Portugal a gay and cringe, full of migrants as the other European countries? or is this just in the cities
Cheers Joseph. You certainly earned that beer at the end. 😂 I am going to try the cherry and almond pie asap, it looks lovely. Happy Portugal day. x 🍒🍒🍺
what a nice property Joseph, i really like it. and also that cherry pie looks mouth watering. i love the way how you live there, its so different from here in Holland, can't wait to join you there.
Such a wonderful video as always watching to your beautiful videos are amazing. We are happy and playing is such brilliant. Today is a perfect day to smile. Well done Joseph and Mariana. You are Good Talented and Kindful father or husband and Great Farmer in the world or Portugal. Congratulations
Thanks for sharing 👍 the pie looked absolutely delicious 😋
Well good morning! I look forward to seeing you all every Saturday morning. Your videos are very well done and have such a homey and family atmosphere to them. So sorry about your cherry harvest this year. What a job picking in hot weather. If I were to pick it would be one in the bucket and one in my mouth for sure.
Well that is a lovely little place for sale. Just enough land for me! Haha….. have a good week ahead and see you again soon!
Beautiful little farm!
Oh my goodness. That pie looks delicious. Thanks for sharing. I love to hear about farm life. 🥰🥰
WOW!!! That Cherry 🍒 Pie is so inviting … Joseph you really ace anything you do !!! 👍
I did notice the good quality of the cherries from your farm; the size and color and as you mentioned, it has a better texture. 👍 👍
The property size is just right, and the granite walls really look sturdy. I can just imagine once the structures are all fixed up, it’s gonna look fantastic!!! 👌
Another enjoyable video, Joseph … I really loved the pie !!! 😆 Cheers !!!
Hi Joseph I was wondering of all the farms you showed how many have you sold. It would make for a good video how many sold with asking price and for how much they sold for.
Great video. purchased some cherries the other day. possibly that originated on your farm. I think I am going to try the pie
Thank you for sharing Joseph. I think I’ll try that pie. Take care✌️
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How long does it take to walk to the village?
What's the post system like out in Portugal rural places? Say like buying things off the Internet like car parts.
Hello Joseph , you make it all look so easy.. and sure it tastes 😋
You have a steady hand and keen eye in the kitchen warm regards
Love watching everything on your beautiful farm. It´s a great food for my soul. Thanks to you and you lovely family. Wishing you all the best. Cheers from Iceland 🍒🐔🐐 🐷😍🍇🍺🌻💚
Is the building/ruin registered as an Urban or just as a rural building Joseph ?
Come on Joseph ! Stop teasing us with all this lovely food. Its time to have an open day were all subscribers get to come and taste all your lovely recipes. For a fee of course.