Hello Cindy. It might be time soon for your car to be inspected again. Once a year i suppose like we do in Sweden. The Youtubers OK Portugal registred their English car in Portugal. Changed the numberplates to Portuguese ones. That is probably the most economic you can do. That car your have is much more worth in Portugal. I mean selling it in norway and buy another similar one in Portugal will lose 💰 money. I don't know how much registration cost in Portugal, but I'm sure it's worth it. Rickard 🇸🇪

Hello Cindy, i can see that you've achieved so much in almost one year now. How is your physic? You are moving around all day it seams. You look more fit now!😊 The life in a farm is active i guess, for the better, i hope! Regards Rickard from Sweden 🇸🇪

Coucou , bonjour ,
Les premier arbres fruitier à fleurir sont en premier les amandiers , puis les pruniers , ensuite les cerisiers et les pommiers / poiriers …..
Peut être qu'il te serais utile une remorque pour pouvoir déplacer tout le bois ,et pour l'entretien de tes parcelles voies avec tes voisins si ils ont des tracteurs gyrobroyeur (pour les ronces et les genets )
Courage en tout cas !!!!
Ps: oh tu as de la lavande papillons (lavande du Portugal ) c'est super ça !!!!

Lovely to see the rain, your harvests will be plentiful, providing Thandi doesn't reduce your stock 😀 my dog is 15 and still runs off with various rhubarb to destroy. Some I guess don't grow out of it, but we wouldn't do without them. ❤

Hi Cindy,
Would Tandy benefit having raw bones to chew,rather tan plastic that could be potentially harmful if she were to ingest any.

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Hi Cindy I marvel at your gumsion to take on such a mamouth undertaking. You are doing great though like you said a small or big step in the right direction is progress. 👌👌👍💪

you are an inspiration xx

Tandy is so awesome…. She knows exactly what her job is! 🌀💚🌀 side note…You are looking much more fit and healthy than when I first started watching your videos. I think that your Portuguese lifestyle is very good for you! Stay healthy…Stay happy! Thank you for all the great videos! 🌀💚🌀

Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I am on a similar type journey. You keep saying just what I need to hear. I wish I could figure out how to do youtube videos. It seems like we all could keep encouraging each other.

You are making great progress.

As 50 ish year old woman trying to do this on my own, it helps to know others are successful!!

I know this is my second comment, I forgot to say that Jillian is an assets to your farm. You are also work so nice with each other!! And it goes without a say that Thandi another assets and great companion for you!!!

Wood chips are the best in controlling weeds, keeping the topsoil from blown away by wind, and over the years it becomes nutrition for your plants and trees! Love your videos and listened to it while I was gardening in my backyard, it keeps me motivated!!!

Hi Cindy, Have you seen the YouTube tutorial of the man who builds small planters from the IKEA blue bags. Great idea. Your veggie beds are looking good!! 👌 XxKathleen Greenock Scotland

Hi Cindy – The defence mechanism of the pine processionary caterpillar is the release of tiny needle-like hairs which inject poison into whatever the caterpillar feels threatened by. Those hairs can easily kill a pet, especially if they get into the animal's throat where the swelling could affect their ability to breathe.

These caterpillars don't just nest in pine trees though. They can nest in other trees aswell and when I googled what they looked like I found pictures of them exactly like the bundle on the ground in your latest video. If Tandy was to get near them you would have to rush her to an emergency vet within an hour or two.

Wow, Cindy, what a transformation of your physicality since you first arrived to live fulltime at Bela Pedra❣ Working to realize your dreams has helped steady your aim & balance, strengthen your ability to bear weight, trimmed you down, steadied your gait… your body & abilities have changed just from xmas amd from even a month or so ago! Being with your son and daughternlaw in the U.S. over the holiday must've reinvigorized you in ways you hadn't mentioned or that i missed 😊. Your vibe Cindy is… you are really in your Bela Pedra flow 🌟.

Your transplants from winter sowing to your box beds look good! Glad you got your sheep fencing up so lower field planting can be left uneaten by the unintended. Your land is really lovely, Thandi is a super loyal companion, snd soaked as you are we can see how happy you are 😄.

I'm going to vote for ☆taking☆ your laundered items to get dried in a laundrymat dryer whenever possible to not encourage any mildew/mold to take any hold in your home. In the coastal Bay Area our houses are susceptible to damp & mildew, and it can severely affect health (breathing, brain function, unusual allergic reactions, etc) even if you can't see or smell where it's taken hold. You know i don't like to see you suffer unnecessarily 😉 💖. (I'm not a dr or nurse, tho i've been my parent's carer for almost 20 years, and helped coached family thru a variety of illnesses & injuries from heart attack to hbp, allergies, head injuries, anxiety, accidents, etc.)

Great video Cinders, soon be with you to do more walling, but a difficult week for us coming up❤️

Those catapilers can kill humans and animals need collected and burned they come from the pine trees ur friend should of told u that project portugal he's done a video on it

Thandi is very loyal to you. You garden is looking great.

Cindy, it makes me so happy and glad you're living your authentic life
Blessings Cass

Those caterpillars ate all the leaves of our fruit trees. The only way we could kill them were to sprat the trees down with a mixture of water and dawn dish liquid. But we finally got rid of all of them

What a good Guardian dog she is!!

Thandi is just adorable! Your plants are looking great. Lots of progress. So love following your channel.

Buy her some bones instead

Cindy those caterpillars are fatal to the animals especially with dogs. Have to take them to vet asap should they have contact with them.

Thandi is taking her job as head of farm security very seriously! 👮🏼

We always look forward to your videos on Wednesdays and Sundays, a real treat.. sending love from a chilly Cape Town today💕

Cindy, you are so inspiring to watch for 50+ year old woman like me. I look forward to your videos.
My dog used to get into all kinds of mischief too when she was young. You are right that they do grow out of it.
Your vegetables are really coming along. It's great that you may have access to a chipper. The wood chips will really help keep the weeds, grass, etc down around your plants. Hopefully, you will be able to chip enough to get a 3-4 inch layer that would be needed to block weeds.

Cindy, do you have an Amazon wish list? If so, how can I access it? Eileen from the US

So good to see your progress. Those plastic bottles worked great as veggie starters. Tandy is very busy making messes, but she's doing her guard duty, well. Everything is a toy to my dog, as well.

Another video with good advice! My pup picks leaves and flowers off of my plants. I think she sees me planting and grooming the plants and wants to help me! Her toys are strewn all over also. But boy I love my pup. Makes me laugh so much even when she does things I don't want her to do. I am sure Thandi is the same. Thanks Cindy for sharing your life with us. See you next time. P.S. got my apron quickly. Love it! Jan

For now you can hang some small pieces of cloth on the wire for now, so that it’s a bit more visible for the Shepards sheep, so that they do not come into you field, also maybe talk to the shepherd? Thandi might be just imitating you, she thinks she is helping digging the veggies…lol.

That dis still a puppy and has chewing needs…..
Lol! She will get over it

Cindy take a look at ok Portugal what happened with there dog with those dangerous Caterpillars

When i Started with my box beds i had them on not so good soil. Now that soil is rich after 2 years of doing box beds and i plant directly in. I used logs collected from woods to make beds. I also put chicken wire round boxes. Suggest putting them on soil Cindy

The problem lies in that she sees you playing in the dirt digging it up and putting your toys in it. I think she could be distracted with a bid delicious bone. Maybe you could get a nice bone from your butcher next time you are in town. One that has the end of the leg bone, nice and round and full of cartilage, the end that attaches to the hip, also containes the marrow in it that takes her a long time to get out and her interest peaked. Cindi you should watch todays episode of OKPortugal. Their dog got stung by the catapilars you were inwuirieng about and you have 2 hours to get your dog to the vet before she dies or is seriously mained. They are very dangerous for humans too. Good luck !!!

They are bad get them off of your land ,eat all plants ): bad caterpillars 💚

Keep going like that

Maybe try some rawhide cheese? Ours has one on the go ALL THE TIME otherwise she chews our things. You’ll need big ones, for the big dog! 👍