Have had three VOLUNTEERS this past week, camping in the olive grove to see what life is like LIVING OFF-GRID in CENTRAL PORTUGAL. Thanks to the volunteers, work was done on the road and the fencing. The new large pig pen has been started. Where the kitchen and cottage roofs join has now been made watertight.
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You have the United Nations at your farm. 😁😁😁
This was a very entertaining video. And the photos of your grandson at the end… he is so cute! Cheers Filipa
whoohoo, it's raining men 😉 Glad you've got 'muscle & brains' – great combo ! Road idea is fabulous, just add the grid stones to keep it altogether. Thanks gents, for helping Cindy out and yes, she makes lovely food too, yum! sy kan braai ;-). Wonderful to see piggies growing nicely and grandson too . xx
Such great improvements to your farm!
A Thanksgiving Blessing . So much to be thankful for 🙂 Obrigada
Such a successful week, Cindy! So glad you’ve had a fantastic group of helpers to support you and the farm! Take super care, Laura 🐶🐶🐖🐖🐖
great team at work! The shot of the tree at the end was amazing!
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Cindy! How wonderful to have volunteers!
I love that people come and volunteer to assist you with your farm. Perhaps some volunteers could build an open sided shelter to place their, (and future volunteers) tents under with a central kitchen and an outhouse- outback.
O how wonderful of guys heping with farm
Looks like you need to put wire mesh around the young trees to stop them being up rooted by the dogs
Great to c the guys helping you. You are blessed. Love their ideas on water harvesting 👌👍
It is Raining Men for Cindy – Hallelujah LOL
Re the fruit trees. Can't you wind and secure something prickly around them to deter those thoughtless dogs?
Hello Cindy. We use moth balls in flower beds to keep deer out of the flowers. It also keeps cats from using the bathroom where you wish they wouldn't. I was wondering. Do you think they would work around the fruit trees to keep the dogs from chewing on them? Great video as always.🐷🐖♥️
Hi Cindy. It's lovely to have extra help to get some jobs done. 😀 Your piglets have grown so much, she's a good mum. Stay safe,stay sane. Love your videos.
Lots of progress with hard men helping yay!
Wonderful news about the volunteers! Suggestion: put a tube of chicken wire about the fruit trees so the dogs will leave them alone. 😊
Great help from the volunteers to do the heavy jobs. Your grandson is getting quite long.
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Btw where did you get that IBC tank from?
HI CINDY, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR VIDEOS ABOUT CONNECTING TO YOUR AMAZON SITE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF WE WERE MAKING AN ORDER, WHERE DO I FIND THIS ON YOU PAGE/CHANNEL?
What a great help the men have been, good to have you back on the farm x
What a blessing to have brilliant and strong men volunteer. They are so we’ll mannered, kind, and handsome! So nice to watch. Thank you for sharing. Glad you got back safe.
Hi Cindy and thank you Ollie, Walter, and Rickart for helping Cindy great job, so much achieved. I think everyone loves crumble a well deserved feast. Your animals seem happy and content Cindy. See you next time ❤️🏴
So glad to see you getting help. Thank you to the three men who help you. Your place is looking great.
Wonderful times three equals blessings galore! Thank you from all of Cyndy's vlog followers! I am so happy for you Cindy.
Wonderful work from the volunteers. You are blessed!
Fantastic video!! Those men are super nice. I’m so glad they came to help you ❤️🇨🇦
Wow what wonderful volunteers
Love this video the picture of the oak tree and stormy background is beautiful
Thank you for sharing 😁
Perhaps you could put a wire fence around your trees you are planting until they become well established to prevent Tandy from ripping them out.
3 gorgeous men and 1 woman. Love how the men come to visit Portugal , camp on Cindy’s land and work so hard. Thank you.❤
What a GREAT video Cindy! THANK YOU to the guys for their time & efforts! I always enjoy following the progress on your farm. Thank you for allowing us in. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL (Including Louise!!!!) & I'll see you… on the next one!!! -Karl
Since you know the dogs think the fruit trees are sticks, you need to encase the young trees in tubes/cages you make out of chicken wire. Secure them with a couple of wooden or metal stakes. In the US, we do this so the deer do not eat the branches and bark of new trees. According to how wide you make the tubes — diameter of 1ft or more — you do not have to worry about them for years. Then you just remove them — using the tubes for other trees or something else. Your piglets are adorable :o)
Thanks for your vid Cindy 😇💟💟💟 Love you guys, maybe let the guys make a tarp roof over the bad room so you can sit dry when on the toilet and then you can work on the whole,
And thay could pick up the heavy fire wood that you could not carry the big stamps. Just a idea Cindy.
I really like your idea of putting a bench under those beautiful oak trees and being able to sit and admire the mushroom rock. The men folk did a good job of tending to the place while you were gone. Your grandson is so cute….he favors you. What is his name? Glad your back at your pig paradise. Take care.
When you get your lithium battery are you going to stay 24v or go up to 48v? You can get 48v server rack battery's but you would have to buy a new inverter. You could find a use for the old equipment. I have some ideas.
Cindy is very blessed and charming…all the men coming to give her their muscles! So awesome!! Pig farm is doing great! Very happy for you. Do the ibc tanks need covering to prevent algea growth?
Tandy and Juno, the Rock Guard-Lions of Portugal… when Juno isn't sleeping on the job! 😂 Adorable.
Beautiful soul connections. Your land is very happy. And that mushroom rock is always carrying this mystical smile.
😂😂😂… bringing manpower to the farm, again! They each seem like genuinely lovely men. Wonderful to see how they've helped you come up with some solutions and further the work of upgrading the piggies' penthouses! Good to see Nick and Andrea popping by to check up on proceedings during your absence 😉. Thanks for bringing us your unique stamp on farm life in Portugal to us on Youtube Cindy. I love and watch all of your videos.
Thanks for thinking of my shed when doing the drain 😊
The dogs doing their Lion King thing is just precious 🥰
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3 hard working men!!! Each with your own special shared talents displayed, too raise another humans burden.. your generosity makes me tearful. Blessings to Each one of you.
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