It seems like a fine time to introduce myself now that I have a few videos up, so here goes!
This is a two part series which explains how I found my way from Canada in 2001 to my little half acre farm in Central Portugal in 2020 via London, Rwanda, and many other stops in between, mostly funded by my online earnings.
I talk about my path to Portugal and some of the opportunities I’ve had along the way to learn helpful skills and become interested in natural building, permaculture, and off grid living. I also show you some of my trees… I love my trees!
If you have any questions about this first part of my journey, please post them in the comments! Thanks!
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Hi Christie!! Love to see you living my dream life😀😀😍
Much love from Nepal 💞
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Instead of cutting off and disposing additional sprouts, have you thought about trying to grow roots on the shoots and then selling the trees or giving to others who could trade trees with you.
Your well travelled. How exciting learning new skills. I went to South Africa 1980 for 2 years. Nursing. I particularly loved Cape Town.
We purchased a home that had a peach tree with leaf curl. I was told to improve the soil with compost and the next year we had no leaf curl.
so nice. looking forward to following your journey.
More! More!
Can we see your plant spreadsheet?
Hi Kirsty, so nice hearing your backstory 🙂 You sure have done a lot, and built loads of experiences over the years! Can't wait to hear about your time in my country of origin, South Africa! 🙂
Great vid, love your story
Super interesting Bio, maybe you can write a book one day, Nomad finds roots in Portugal, enjoy your eco journey, the Portugal off griders life is like a Survivor series for gardeners 😁💜
Hi Kirstie, thanks for a peek into your very interesting background. Gosh, what a rich life, wonderful that you had the guts to explore so many countries & avenues, brava! Happy for you! 👏😀
Am a fairly new sub & enjoy following your journey… looking forward to part 2 & other shenanigans to come. You go girl! 💪
Great video, it’s great to have accumulated skills along your journey it must have given you so much confidence to go it alone. Am doing a similar thing in Ireland although some of my jobs need trade people. Good luck with everything.
Hi girl ! Cheers from Brisbane , Australia ! You are a very honest vlogger ..Great work !
That was peach leaf curl. It's a fungus so destroying leaves properly is good biocare and using a fungicide as tree begins leaf swell is best. Once a tree has it you can't get rid of it, but can manage organically and hopefully stop spread. Leaving it to manage by itself will weaken the tree. Thanks for sharing your journey, I love your 'waffle' … I always have so many questions which I want answered 🤣
Great video, really nice to hear your background
You mentioned that you built a lot of skills along your nomadic decade which actually reminded me of the old fashioned status of journeyman, now to include women. The old guilds required at least seven years. So you are right on target.
In an earlier comment on watering trees and their drip lines, you mentioned that you would devise a watering system. You also mentioned permaculture which I didn’t really practice. But I constructed a system of parallel running soaker hoses which took into account the slope of the terrain. It was very effective with very little evaporation, just plug in the connector and it did its thing using mostly gravity. But it might not work on your property with your water situation.
You are living a very interesting life. Looking forward to part 2.
You’ve certainly led an exciting and fulfilling life. Much admiration. Looking forward to part 2 but not sure how you’re going to top part 1!
Could be caterpillars, just tell them to leaf it out😁
So interesting, wish I had the courage to do that when I was young. Good for you, looking for more of your story. Cheers
The leaf curl could be from the straw you are using… farmers dry hay and straw by using herbicides, like grayson, which is also in animal manures, mainly horse…it can persist in the soil for a long time and makes the leaves curl like that and often burns the plant fatally…
She is a builder, her feet experienced more of the world than other peoples whole bodies. She is the most interesting woman in the world.
Thanks for your life story!
Thank you for sharing your journey I find you very interesting and you are quite accomplished in very many deep and meaningful Life Experiences! As my mother would always say when you help others you help yourself! And it is so true now that I'm an adult I understand. you are rich in experience a knowledge that you can use in your own life too be content and have fulfillment best of luck to you always! Can't wait to see the inside of your house once it's finished. By the way it's not creepy at all, I think it's got great potential ❤✌🙏🏽
😀 Hello Kristie! I`m Duarte. Really lovely to meet you. 😀
Leaf curl is a fungal problem. Liquid copper sprayed on the tree in late winter and again after flowering should do the trick.
Awesome video, and not boring at all. Great down to earth sense of humor. I am enjoying your journey immensely.
🙋hi from Scotland ,hi Kirsty thank you for sharing your travel Story's I enjoyed it so much what a wonderful thing to do looking forward to hearing the rest of your travel Story's hope your enjoying mum and dad's company and care till next time cheers 🍷 Anne Scott from Scotland
Steve?😂😂
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Very interesting!
u talk down about everything u ever look up think positive
You have really lived an interesting life. Kudos to you. Hope your place in Portugal keeps you invigorated and satisfied.👏
You are so similar to the lady from Costal Crochet…
Brilliant, as always 😁
the curly leaves are probably caused by a a fungus settling in the tree itself, so it doesn't help removing the leaves. My young peach has it and I read that the tree just has to deal with it. It helps supplementing it with magnesium and sufficient watering. Love your project! Greetings from the north
Very impressive non conventional life!! I'm sure that's why I find you so interesting and live your sense of humour. Hugs from Burlington 🇨🇦
Ha..! Also born in St Catherines..now 63 years ago .My parents moved to Holland when I was 3 so not really Canadian apar t from a handy 2 nd passport.I subscribed a while back and enjoy your easy and honest approach!
Very sensible not to buy too much land.!
Best regards Robert
You are my new addition to the ‘Portugal Farm Life’ You Tuber. I am also thinking to move and get myself a small farm. Hopefully I will be visiting a few farms this summer.
Rolling stone gathers no moss? This saying is so wrong! You gather plenty…Plenty indeed.😁👍❤ A rich life, full of experiences!
Interesting stuff!
I understand how you did not like being a salesperson,I was a very good sales person but felt really bad about how easy it is to convince some people, to buy something they did not want or could not afford and therefore should not have bought . You seem to be like a slew of Nomad people that travel for a while and then settle by buying a piece of land ( nowadays in Portugal because it’s cheap) and for now have a vlog and are either struggling by working way to hard on their land, or successfully settling as a modern day farmer in small or large farms renovating their ruins or barely livable barns. Sorry to say it , but it seems to be a trend. But because we like you we wish you all the best and keep on watching for now.