That was a lovely walk around the property. You have the most fabulous view of the valley, and the mountains surrounding you from your future home site.

I grew up with wood stoves, so did my sibling, and all my cousins. Not one of us were ever burned, not once. No one warned us, watched us, we just didn't play, run, touch, the stove when a fire was burning, from the time we could crawl. We spent most of our waking hours playing in the forest, the creeks, the rock cliffs, the lake, only one injury among us, my brother fell and broke his arm, we were little, I instinctively splint it and stabilized it while we walked the long distance home to my Mom. That was it, and we took care of it. We were lucky to experience caution, not fear.

From 🇷🇺 with ❤️!

Have you ever watched Justin Rhodes youtube channel? He is working on the water sources on his property and I think maybe there are a few videos that could help you with your springs!! You guys are water blessed!!

VAMOS, VAMOS ARGENTINA!!!

You guys must be so proud of how your hard work has really paid off. That well looks so amazing. Thank you for the walk along. I love seeing places during all weather. Mostly in the winter. It is such a dramatic change. Thanks again.-Melanie 🦋

Destino Portugal seems to be a couple who attract strays and they have a two-year old female dog who may need rehoming (and renaming). Two potential problems are that she's very energetic and her name is the same (or very similar) as yours.

It seems a delicious "parasol" or Macrolepiota.
Really nice hidrology vídeo, 😉

It seems a delicious "parasol" or Macrolepiota.
Really nice hidrology vídeo, 😉

Look up “French drain” for your springs. You’ll get more and more of those springs as you increase the land’s water storage and infiltration.

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My children never had a problem with our woodburning stoves. I would be more concerned with the pond.

Bad weather. 🤦‍♀️Be safe 🤗🌸🌸🌸

What abundance after this summer‘s drought! Makes you wish you could harvest all of that water all at once, doesn’t it?
I am always surprised at viewers‘ worries about the kids safety in your area. I find it more dangerous in the American suburbs.

Wow, after such droughts, the rain came with a vengence. What can we do, must be grateful for it. You are good to yourselves and good to the land. The Dutchmen are famous for solving water problems – who but you? 🙂

in the US people put pigs around ponds to help pack the ground by rooting the soil.

I love the view from the mountain! Beautiful! We have a similar situation here, but not as tense as yours. I am so thankful for the rain because of the drought this year. My garden almost died because our well and nearby creek went dry. We got water from our neighbor or we would have had to move away for 3 months. I started mulching with straw, and that helped. Five years in a row with almost no rain made it very difficult for us here in the south. The people on the coast are having a hard time with this flood and I hope and wish them all the best and the help they need!

Children are very inquisitive with fire and water. Lea, you are a lovely person please do not be complacent. Place a guard around your stove and put a cover over your water wells.

Muito, muito, muito chuva 😪😪😪
I'm sure a dog, or two will fall into your lap.
Sorry, just catching up on your last few episodes as we've been snowed under/rained under.
I have guessed what you're doing next year 😉

20:03 Lunch surely! Fried… A bit of garlic, some ground black pepper… Yum! 🙂

…or intense mushroom omlette!

Guess I'll have to disagree with Puck. I thought the frittata looked delicious!

A beautiful view from the top of your land.

That little hand pointing out what mother is describing is adorable. Thank you from upstate New York for sharing your family. 🇺🇸🌹

What a view

Where has Martin been?

Hi Lea, nice meal!!. I used to cut the potatoes and put them in rounds, boil for 12 minutes, and add vegetables, tomatoes in dice, scrambled eggs over them, for 20 minutes and put a bit of vegan cheese over all. Never did it that way, but I will try ! Your land is huge, I love the idea of those slopes, ups and downs, so much water. You even had a rainbow!!

And yes, some things just take time, especially things involving nature. Patience and understanding needed. Improving soil, waiting for clay to settle, for trees to grow.
But it is worth the wait.
One of my favorite things in our yard was my old 'cold compost pile' [Really the place I dumped all the weeds and grass, and tree trimmings, and dead plants, and brush, because I had to put them somewhere….] BIG LONG pile!
6 or 7 years later, it was soil enough, and slumped enough, that it made a gorgeous rock garden 🙂

Love your frittata-esque recipe! Never thought of doing that with anything but leftover pasta. Looks great!
Thanks for the tour. Lovely!

15:17 looks like a nice quartz vein, maybe theres gold nearby 😎

It is really beautiful to see this land with so much water flowing!!

"it takes time". That's one of the challenges with creating youtube videos. We want to show the reality but we can't but a 4 hour job in 20 minutes and it not be deceiving.
And a multi year job, a person would have to go back and watch every update video!

That dam looks good 👍 with water in, just a pitty it don't hold water. Take care virtual hugs 🫂

Lovely to see all the water.

Is that Monsanto and the estrela mountain range you look over from the top

Hopefully the Mareteka is full.

Where is Maartin when you are recording. He is never there .

I was wondering if you have discovered what type of medicinal plants grow and are used in your area?

I Admire your honesty about the children and the fire! and you are right! we should all learn by our mistakes! western society seems hell bent on destroying itself with regulations and health and safety!.. i left the construction industry! because after 30 years of using a step ladder! NOW I NEED A CERTIFICATE?????… That was enough for me!.. the more of these rules we comply with the more they will think up!.. Carbon tax concerns me! is it just another Tax thought up to enslave future generations.. and how come the ice age never happened!.. and there is always another hidden agenda.. after the last few years we all need to question more for the future of our population!.. love your lifestyle, it's the way forward, living with nature and not destroying it, true guardians.. x

Hello , where is your husband ?

The blue flames on a stove top, where there's no yellow, is the dangerous flame for children.

It is better to be safe than sorry if one of your children got burnt or scared you would never forgive yourself put a gaurd round it to save your children what would it take to do it a little of your time

It’s so beautiful there even in the rain. So peaceful looking I love watching the meals you prepare thanks your the tour of the land looking forward to next week

You need Ducks and Geese their droppings attract a slime mould that seals ponds and dams.

Hmm, that was an abrupt ending , was it supposed to end like that? The frittata looks good btw😋

I meant shake with a caterpillar.

When water is standing in your pond. You would have to shake the clay inside after one week in order to that the pond is tight. On the side the damm needs to be equal to 1 to 2, which means if it 1 meter high you need to have 2 meters wide. Otherwise you run the risk that the dam is going to break. Furthermore you need an overflow on the side. I learnt this from Sepp Holzer directly who is doing permaculture. How to build ponds is not mentioned in his books though.

A really neat crop you can plant in the streams is water cress. Great green which can be used in salads or can be used to make soups. And wasabi. There are many other Japanese/oriental greens that grow in flowing streams. These could augment produce that isn't produced in the ground. They like colder temperatures and running water which
should be a perfect match for you there.

Great video
Your children are adorable
Love the way they play
Bo calling the troops 😄
Thank you for sharing 😁