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Oh Crusoe🥰 My mom always said that there are people how needs to make a living out of making washing powder 😂

See if you can borrow chickens and put up temporary fence were the gardenbeds will be. They will eat everything and poop it out to excellent fertilizer and you don’t need to till and then if you want you can put a layer of cardboard down and a thick layer of wood chips around the beds. A tip is to watch james prigioni when hi lays the foundation to his new food forest. I don’t remember where I saw the chicken thing but it was on YouTube. They have a small chicken coop on wheels and a very temporary moveable fencing. It’s super effective 😊 you do what you want of course but it is always good to know the options 😊

Did you try to hook directly to the faucet to make sure that works before scraping the whole thing? Like get closer to the source to see where the problem might be.

Just a thought for next time, use a piece of string or rope & cut to size you require x

NO DIG for sure. Check out Charles Dowding on YouTube. He’s the No Dig King 😀

Please check out a fellow Portugal couple on MAKE. DO. GROW. Kylie and Guy planted their garden no dig and dig right next to one another because they wanted proof on which system works best. At the end of the season, they weighed the harvest and assessed the effort. No dig won. They have videos on this topic.

You don't need to til. Just use cardboard, and build raised beds on the site of the cardboard. Use tree branches and other organic matter in bottom of raised bed, topped with a mix of soil and well rotted compost. With good watering, raised beds work well in hot climates. There is no need at all to til the soil first.

My sister used a playpen in each room she was renovating, where she placed such things as tape measures, bottles of cleaning and degreasing liquids, nails etc. Her then two year old could be in the room with her but could not access any of the work kit. My sister thus could crack on with some jobs whilst alone with the toddler, during the times her husband was working. Otherwise, she was always 'losing' something. Storing all the stuff in the pen also put potentially dangerous chemicals out of reach of the toddler for the time they were not locked away.

The no dig method depends on compost. If you can find a source of tons of the stuff then no dig is great. I would do a bit of both if you have some compost. Also growing potatoes in straw is a great way of improving the soil for other crops.

Oh, John! The Plumbing Gods were really testing your limits! Be honest though, you'd rather be sploshing about in the puddles than bent double under a sink, especially if it was smelling that badly! 🤢
The difficult – easy balance will shift in your favour soon I'm sure and things will come together as nicely as they did when you first arrived on The Farm I'm sure! 🙂👍🍀
In the meantime, I hope you can keep hold of the tape measure now it's off leaf duty 😉🍂
*Hugs * to you all x

https://youtube.com/@TheDutchFarmer. This family also started a permaculture garden in Portugal. And he explains how and with what to start etc.

I like your enthusiasm but to rip out the whole sink was maybe a little to much. I would have bought a new sink system and a new tap … probably about 60.00 to 80.00 Euro and the fix made in 20min. ….

Wow! The early morning light & birdsong in first few minutes was stunning! Can’t wait to see your finished Newbyld kitchen 👌

Crusoe is a pip! Makes me remember running thru puddles and running around in my bathing suit during a rain storm. He is just a joy to watch. Looking really good. Progress is fabulous. Happy holidays from Florida.

Container gardening work definitely. I did it with great success. Get more information on it all. You can control the weeds better. Good luck and enjoy.

Worried kid might eat paint chips or something…or touch saw or machine….he doesn't know…
Perhaps keep him out of way while work is being done.

Also you have several large roofs.
Collect the water from roofs to large plastic tanks 15-20,000 liters. Very large plastic tanks.. They fit on pickup .. have pipes go down and from down spouts…use for shower – toilets… Filter system + UV filters…

WELL !! You got plenty of land..
They bring the well drilling truck and drill down… You got surface water. Lot cheaper than bring it from main.

Yeah.. That's a serious problem.
He could pick up a saw or drill or something.. Or pick up a chemical..
Perhaps you should have wife keep kid away.. and lock doors, disconnect stuff…. Being around dust and particles is not good either.. proper masks and kit ..
Lock doors…

Love the woodworking, can't wait to see this home come together beautifully,💕🙏💜

You could go with the cardboard and compost method. Keep the grass clippings for composting. Huw Richards is a good guide to no dig. He has done everything, experimenting to see what works best. Good luck.

When fitting new taps install isolation points under the sink so you can turn off the water should you need to do any maintenance/repairs in the future. The kitchen is coming along nicely. For kitchen design alway remember the kitchen work triangle: sink, fridge, oven. With ovens it’s good to have space nearby to put things down when you get them out of the oven.

and the work looks amazing!!!

Sory to pull you up, but I feel sorry for poor Josè . He kept saying his ame wrong. In Spain they pronounce their Js as Hs hence your pronounciation of the wordJosè as Hoezay. In Portuguese the J is pronounced as such not as a H. I notise you say Joao right. Please give Josè the same respct. 👍

no need to till…just do rise beds…easy to manage, and if you do the foundation of the soil right, u will have less water usage (time saver), manage weeds better and u can cover them in case of critters coming to eat …

suggestion…visit the area early in the morning, mid morning, 2 pm, 4, 6…and see how the sun and shade play together…

Love the cupboard – fab fit for the oven.

ups where did i put it ..???Well i am like your son…take things and then i can not remember where did i drop it…LOLOLOL

razzed beds

No dig please

Caruso is living his best life, puddles, mud pies, etc So much joy

You said "cool" at 1min and it was horrendous, cringe and I had to un-sub sorry, I wish you well hahahahah

Well that took me back many years of little boys taking tools. Crusoe is such a treasure, savour each moment, they grow up too quickly. Gosh there are some lovely shoots of your property, thank you. Looking through the trees by the stone table almost looked from a world long ago. Those kitchen cupboards look nice, similar to your ones in your UK house. It is such a difficult time renovating with two small children, but hang in there. take care lovely family.

Go for no dig. It will be a bit of work getting it started. But it will pay off in the long run in the upkeep of the garden and hours you will save in pulling weeds.

Boa Tarde Newby Family! 
We're very much enjoying watching your journey here in northern portugal. We too chose Amarante to settle and are finally doing a house renovation too. We're a husband and wife team and about a year into our project. We're about 3/4's of the way through now and are only too aware of the problems of sourcing the right materials, language difficulties and everything else that comes with it. We've been here a good few years so if we can help you guys in any way please do let us know.