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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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A lovely video, I like this kind of video the most when I'm not happy l
If you do a youtube search for "borax and sugar ant killer" , you'll find a great way to get rid of those ants that are planting the gree flies on your broadbeans. I used it last year and it wiped out the whole ant colony, then just squished the greenflies if I would spot one. Some people hose them off.
10.5K subscribers, CONGRATULATIONS! You've surpassed Nick and Andrea!
Hope you guys have had a great Easter! You still need to come and visit!
Coming along!
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Happy Easter to you both, love watching your Videos, your pets and Land are beautiful 😍 thanks for sharing.
Happy Easter. Your place is looking great.
Wow. With all that strimming it might be time for some kind of lawnmower.
Maybe something like Nick made for his turkeys could be made to protect the strawberries..
I make Deviled eggs with minced basil (or leftover pesto) and finely grated Parmesan in the yolk mixture.
I love, love, love how everyone helps everyone!! So Beautiful!!!🏆💕🌸
Your videos are getting better. Cooking is always great!
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Hi Carrisa and Iuan.noticed a hawk circling around watch your chickens.Rosemary I grow using leaves for tea can be mixed with cloves.boiled in water left to cool.all the best to you both from New Zealand.
How do take the pussycat to the vets without a car ?
At the start of April, I did wonder if you could find wild asparagus in Portugal. When I lived in the S. of France, we used to forage for them in the shade around the bushes/trees in the hills or the ditches. Carissa, do pick them the size you showed. They are much, much thinner than commercial ones (~ half the thickness of a pencil). They are so tasty chopped 1cm long, lightly fried in butter/olive oil then added to omelettes or quiches. OMG, I so miss your background noise (crickets & cicadas). Cx
Oh your land is so beautiful!!
Garlic is also a good spray agains the black lice, ( in case you might need another try.
We have the black lice each year when temps get higher. I spray with garlic and soapie water.
Boil one whole bulbs of crushed garlic down in one liter water. Spray that with a little soap on the plants.do that every week. Succes!
You can also use garlic and baking soda in water, or a better alternative is to plant tobacco plant as a natural pesticide.👍🏽
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Mmm, me thinks u may be buying strawberries
Happy Easter. Glad Albie is sorted out with her mouth. Devilled eggs looked delish xx
Perhaps get yourselves some more hens and they'll keep the grass in check. No need for noisy strimming. More time for Super Bock.
Thanks for your vid.😇💟💟💟 love you guys.
Cut the asparagus and new ones pop up
Thanks so much for a lovely video again. I would have panicked a little too if we ran out of coffee!! Could not start the day without it! Love seeing the sunshine… especially when the weather outside my window is typical irish rain!! Happy Easter 🐣
Spring is really in… and of course care for the garden is a constant work during this season, but how wonderful it is to be working with the nature, isn’t it… enjoying the beauty around🥰 and your house also open and caring for it as well💫 a very good day 🥰
Very nice video again, you really have an eye for it Clarissa! Was that a stork (at 3:45 min.)? Your chickens seems to be happy, they make happy sounds. Your pets have a good life too! Everything is coming together more and more everyday! Thank you for sharing!
Loving the videos
Love seeing you guys working with Nick and Andrea and it’s great you all help each other out as needed. Must feel like a substitute family in a way. Have a wonderful Easter ( at least you’ll have eggs 🍳)😆
Moito ben 😘😘😘😘😘😘
Great taste in music you guys….
Happy Easter! Hope Albi gets better soon!
When you nip off the tops if the broad beans before they flower, they are delicious cooked like spinach. It's supposed to keep the aphids away and the plants continue to grow. Happy Easter🐣
I don't like rainy days but I sure like how the gardens thrive afterwards!!! I use the water hose to blast off the bugs on my plants. It seems to work as well as the soapy mixture. Easier on my hands too. Though I do get wet! Here in the US we call those broad beans fava beans. I love the flowers too! Thanks for sharing! See you next time.
The best method for getting rid of ants: borax. It works like bites. The ants take the bites to their nests and it will eliminate the whole colony. I used it on those very little ants that infests kitchens and houses. The ants vanished in a week or so
Still enjoying your variety of content thank you.
Look for 'Shakshuka' recipe for eggs. Yummie!
Life can b happy with our confidence dream in our work, but NOT with profits, money which will go on its own way so called luxury life.
For aphids try to find some lady birds, they are dormant if kept in the fridge and you let them go at night and they will eat them all.
Great content 👌 watch the cats with the lily's
No guesses on what Ewan is doing this afternoon – Ian UK
Put sturdy 2 foot long stakes all around your veg beds and tack a long string of Tibetan prayer flags around them. The movement of the flags makes it difficult for birds to judge how high to fly in order to get over it and they will leave those areas alone. Plus, they look nice blowing in the wind. Chickens in the berry patch will not do. 🙂
Feliz pascoa! 🐣🐰🌷
Ladybugs help with all the nasty little bugs. Some places breed and sell them just for gardeners. I did it one year, glad I did. Good luck. I have also done the spray bottle method.
Great work it all looks lush and green 👍❤️❤️❤️🙏
Your animals are so content and happy! 🌀💚🌀