Sorry, audio is not great this week because some settings on the camera were off 😅

The beetroot looks fantastic!!! And what a delicious salad too. Amazing arch-building, looks awesome. Thanks for sharing.

Yay-acid jazz and strimming! Try Marten with the tiller to some Benny Hill music next time! Just an idea – just for us Brits.

There is always something to do, that never ends. Projects in every direction. How are the grapes doing?

Sorry this may be too late, just learned how to comment. When I was a little boy my grandfather raised many hectares of sweet potatoes. To get slips he dug a pit about 25-30cm deep. his plot was 3 meters wide and 10 meters long, a bit much for a home garden .. Covered the bottom with s taters. Filled the pit with wood sawdust from the sawmill. Then water to keep saw dust wet When the Slips emerged and were about 15 cm tall above the saw dust he, with my help, would pull the slips out of sawdust and they would easily break off from the seed sweet potatoes and would have roots growing where the plants were in the sawdust. This was 70+ years ago but i have done such for many years without any problems in my garden.. Hope this information helps. A old man from the US.

Good going Marten!

Hi Lea. Hope you will cook the beet greens, too. I make them like spinach or add balsamic vinegar and sesame seeds. Only catch is you have to rinse the leaves a lot because they retain a lot of fine soil. Bom apetite.

Have you thought how 'No till' might fit into future cycles?

So much yummy goodness and so much of it from your own land! So impressive. So you grow great food with which you grow great humans! And everyone knows Exactly where their food comes from.

Wat jullie allemaal nodig hebben is een koe voor melk

Oh oh oh, can you collect those little bugs and feed them to the chickens?

Just eaten your beetroot and lentil salad….. delicious! Thanks for the idea and another great video.

Doing a great job with the rotary hoe they are difficult.

We're in Portugal are you I'm glad I came upon your channel of definitely be watching and sharing with my family my parents and siblings are from the Azores

If you roasted the beets is better, more vitamins, if you boils them all the goods go in the water( sorry I just learned that with age),God bless you guys.

Thankyou Leah and Maarten , your program keeps improving with time , I’ve been with you from the start of this adventure ,well done folks ,Thankyou for the great ,peaceful entertainment .

You probably should have a tractor with a mower attachment to help with removing areas of weeds, etc for fire protection. Or plow a fire break around the property.

Cassava or manioc is a drought tolerant versatile high calorie crop

Check this out guys. Very useful information in this lecture How to Build Great Soil – A Soil Science Masterclass with Dr. Elaine Ingham https://youtu.be/ErMHR6Mc4Bk

I'm one of those who loved watching your videos 😍I love farm but I don't have 😁you always inspires me to have one but can't for I'm a less fortunate but it's ok I'm happy to see you having this kind of lifestyle 😍❤️

Another day in the life @ourportugesehomestead wonderful day and beautiful garden beet's and potato's are doing amazing ! Thank You !

Great videos. I love them. Lovely Family. Keep up. Ik zie kaas… Yummie.

Beets are my favorite tubers. They grow so fast!!! And take so little space, water, etc. Just awesome in every way. Like onions!!!

I'm heavy on potatoes and from experience you should pick them 1-2 weeks after flower open as they still grow. After that the plant will start to die off so don't need to wait more.

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How about getting goats to clear the weeds and grass? And growing pumpkins? They can get hugeee in Portugal. My family has them in the North and they grow to over 50cm long sometimes
Great progress overall 🙂 abraço

Your tomato plants should be thinned out. They are too bushy. Too many stems and leaves

Maarten needs a mule😁

Sounds like you have a good plan for your garden. Everything else seems to be growing beautifully. Nothing better than eating fresh produce from your garden.

I don't suppose there is any way you could get someone in with a chipper to shred at least some of the brushwood (like tree surgeons do with their waste)? It would reduce the fire risk and make a very useful mulch around the veg patch, for example.

I’ve not had beetroot that way will have to try it but with feta cheese as I don’t like goat cheese haven’t tried sheep cheese though.love the arch way you made, rustic just how I like it xxx

Hi Leah love all the work you and Martin is doing. Always busy and all the different veggies as here in SA. Your garden going to be okay. Wow all you plants are growing wonderfully!!!When are you starting with the house? Just asking. Don't want to miss anything. Thank you for the video. Always loving You're videos. Take care greetings Melinda from SA.

Oh Lea , your garden looks absolutely fabulous ,you’re tomato 🍅 look so wonderful about to bloom I don’t know what you have in the last row, but it looks fabulous ,I’m so happy for you , I like the trellises you and Martin made and your big salad looked delicious can’t wait to see what you have next week . thank you so much! 💕🥰💕🥰🙏

I can't believe how big your tomatoes are! Wow! What a good idea Lea to plant in the green house. The trellis will be nice too! Lots of work and with the heat it has to be difficult. Thanks for sharing and see you next time. Jan

Hi Lea and Maarten – Love the arch quite creative. The beets are lovely and I would eat one just like that from the garden. Healthy looking meal!! Blessings

Excellent work , growing your own foods . Beet fresh picked from the ground , boiled , TOTALLY different taste than counter bought . . Fresher the better . KEEP GOING with your families choices and future . Excellent family , excellent to view your progress in self sufficiency , and projects on the property , and land . . Baby with beetroot on his face , brings a large beaming smile to my face . . My grandchildren were exactly the same in thier early years . Memories of happiness . . Respect to all your family from GB . .

Those are good beets. You should get a juicer those beet leafs juice nicely.

Hello from Germany, every video tells me, that it's a good choice to support you via Patreon. You do a good job with your land and your children.

Keep up the good work. It’s all looking great.

Nice work it’s all coming along nicly your hard work , just beautiful 🙂

good work , you both are doing…muit saúde para continuares com o bom trabalho.

Delicious beetroot chutney for the autumn and winter,if you can resist eating it all before then.

Amazing beets great Lea. Love your channel 🌺💕

Oh I am so glad you saved the greens
I love eating those too