Its Autumn, the weather isn’t great, and we aren’t sure what’s happening with our olive harvest for this year. Droughts and summer heatwaves have decimated our olive crop. But things are looking up 🙂
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We are Ken & Gina. 2.5 years ago, we got fed up with paying a mortgage, and working boring jobs just to keep our heads above water!
We decided to take a big chance, sell everything we own, buy a motorhome, and drive to Portugal with our furry friends.
We bought a beautiful farm in Central Portugal where we live with our 3 dogs, 2 cats and a bunch of other farm animals.
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Good morning all, its been a busy week so we actually have 2 vlogs for you to watch.
This first one is short and sweet, but we have another special vlog which will be airing tomorrow! (Monday)
Be sure to tune in tomorrow. Its a good one! 🙂
All good, is olive haven't due to drought
WOW it looks like Holland now! Insane how fast it turns green again. Ruiz 🐓 looks 💣😍
Rain, rain, great! Really enjoyed watching you going for your walk. X:)
Congratulations on the residency permit, Ken, and roll on Gina's. Ash from bonfires used to be used round rose bushes….maybe any plant would benefit – just don't throw diesel on the bonfire!!
Enjoyed the walk and talk! Stay dry and safe.
Glad you pronounced "nh" of Gardunha properly! 🙂 Though the 1st A is not open, it sounds like the I of Girl (gal). Portuguese has 12 vowels, not 5 :)))
So we're gonna have a bad year of Olives and its price is gonna be shoot to space for the next 12 months as olive oil, I presume 🙁
Instead of burning off the olive prunings in a bonfire, can it not be used for firewood and kindling for the winter?
Why do you not do your own olives or do they belong to the farmer because the farmer seems to do all the work your farm
For the flies – BASF make a product (RipCord) that you spray around doors and windows and it is great at knocking them back around Chickens and houses…
Hippies hate it but it will combine with the fly traps and keep that population down.
BTW How is the dam doing ?
Well back in Cape Town we have the South Easter drawing all the water out of the top soil, dissapointing for us gardeners. Your farm is looking great…..Althea
Hello happy people! 😊
🐑: "He's speaking inglés, again.'
Puppy Eddie and his stick🌴🥩 😄
Would it help your fence and prolong its life for a bit longer to zip-tie the top of the wire fencing to the posts?
A tout a l'heure! 👋🏼 ("toodle-loo")
The residency card is good for five years but you must have a D7 resident visa too, right? And that has to be renewed every two years…?
Bummer about the olives. I would just bag it , look forward to next year.
@OKportugal I was pondering about your olive harvest situation. Do you have access to silage tarps? You could put one around the bottom of one of your olive trees, white side facing up, and when you start to see a few olives on the tarp you know you're getting close to harvest time. It sure would give you a heads-up and be easier than trying to see a few greenish olives on green grass. Just a thought.
All the best, Ken & Gina!
That is grasshopper! We have some quite big ones.
Kill it NOW BRFORE SHE HAS BABYS😊
Congratulations Ken yours will be in next few days
Before Brexit u wouldn’t have the bother of that😞
Yes half rainbow 👏
Love hearing your cheerful voices!
The farm’s looking great! Did you know that grasshoppers actually turn into locusts?
eline emeğine sağlık bu güzel vlog için kolay gelsin hayırlı işler….👍👍👍👍
It's not a great year for olive oil.
That stick 😂😂 nice, real episode 👌 are you going to have Xmas tree? Need to start sorting mine out… Wish I had a cosy Xmas in the countryside!!
Congrats. ☺️🇵🇹
Nature 💚 is always beautiful 💚
Love the mushrooms.
Don't look up in your barn 🤣👍🏻
Harriet and i were planning to pick up leaves that had fallen (loads of them on the front lawn). Guess what? It rained yesterday and it's raining today. Somebody upstairs is telling you it's time to just chill out. Hope you and the dogs are doing well. Sending our love guys😍😍😍 Jim, Harriet and Yuki . Richmond, Va.
I have already harvested my two young olive trees and the olives are on brine sauce, only two kilos. I love olives they go with almost every thing. I don´t know if I do things right because the olives take along time to get ready to eat, last year took 7 months.
I live in Andalusia and have a neighbor who has goats , he feeds them the olive branches, maybe you can give them to a goat breeder in your area and get some goat cheese in exchange.
Congratulations for your residency permit….. You are blessed…. Some utubers I've subscribed failed to get due to some deficiency in their application
You guys are so cute finishing each others sentences! 😊
I take it the rats have found a new home now? Can't believe how green the landscape is.
Good morning! Ken, you are learning Portuguese…its important to know that your…méééeeee!!! Is in english …the sheep's don't understand😁😁😁😁. Have booth a good day🙌🙌
No ano passado todas as oliveiras deram toneladas de azeitonas por todo o país. Este ano dão menor quantidade…a natureza é sábia… lembre-se que as oliveiras velhas neste país têm mil anos ou mais.