OFF GRID LIVING. Adjusting the kitchen counters and sowing seeds. A handmade home Central Portugal.
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Beijinos e abraços,
Carissa, Iwan, Frankie & Albi
Carissa, Iwan & Frankie decided one night over a bottle of wine that moving from North Wales to Portugal would be a good idea. Within a month they were on the road to Portugal to find the perfect piece of land to call their new home. We picked up Albi the cat along the way. Subscribe to follow our journey as we turn an old stone barn into our home, and learn the ropes of looking after a piece of land to make an abundant garden and one day, our very own winery.
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The animals complete the domestic scene …..very calming and lovely to watch ❤❤❤
Omg how cute Is Frankie!!
Sooooo Cute!!!
I get a kick out of how the chickens hang out with you just like the dog and cat! The Kitchen is looking great! See you next time.
I know, right! It's so sweet 😄.
The sound is the best so far on your sister's camera.
It really is!
I love your opening thumbnail... nice family shot 🥰
Nice Farm, environment
Admire how you work hard on your garden . I hope you get a bountiful harvest . Love that you work together.
😀 Yes, I enjoyed a lot!
Easiest way to put drainage holes
In plastic is something that gets hot like a wood burning tool, hot glue gun without the glue stick or a soldering iron. Makes perfect little holes fast.
Coming on nicely - the makings of a lovely home 👍
When you build your final kitchen counters, consider building in one or two pull out boards just under the surface. I have had those in several kitchens, and indeed in the desk where I am sitting right now. I have a cat purring on my pullout, waiting to see If I will put on a mouse video. I digress. The pullouts give one instant clear counter when you have used up your space, and are really helpful. I lived in an tiny old mobile home and was so glad the kitchen had one.
Awesome video guys! The sound from new camera was crystal clear. 💕
You can plant the melons on top of your compost heap, the warm rotting pile will be perfect for them. Works for squash & courgettes too.
Gobsmacked!
a) Iwan is a smoker
b) tobacco is so effective on wasp stings - I hate wasps!
(And Frankie is the undoubted star of the show)
I’m glad that you finally got the sand! Now you can do the kitchen rendering and building the driveway wall😊
Happy ester to you. Greit home you have 💌🙏🐣🐥🐤🐇🍷
Excellent job! Congratulations!
Very relaxing update from Frankie On The Road and Albi On The Path with João In The Grass 😊.
Your cocina is looking so nice. It is really coming along. I really like it.
The Cannon camera takes beautiful videos and the sound is great. Your kitchen is looking so pretty, the stain color is lovely too.
Yay sand happy days.
Get some pallets and make a work bench, saves you bending all the time . Put a big deep container , rectangular on it and pot up in there… Make yr compost with feed and broken egg shells eg shells mix it up and viola you can do yr pots. Happy gardening 👩🌾
Hi guys everything is coming along great. Just a thought I am a dog rehab practitioner and would like to suggest that you don't ask Frankie to jump like that. Long backed dogs are some of my most frequent patients and often require extensive surgery for their spines - usually after something as simple as jumping on and off sofas.
If you have a cheap soldering iron, they are great for making holes in plastic and with the correct tip, great for cutting plastic as well.
It's coming together!
It’s lovely to see your thoughts and ideas become reality.
Kitchen is coming together and your going to have an abundance of crops in a few weeks xx
Love love loved this video, ❤️ so much going on! Music was awesome as well
Good job! Little by little, your house is getting better! Keep up the good work!
looking good and I still love the rustic kitchen, hope you get a great garden this year, definetly putting in the work :D
Oh my you two......busy busy.glad the sand finaly made it 😘😀
It’s all coming along organically 👏👏👏
When we lived in Wales we had a cob long house and I turned the end which would have been for animals into a kitchen and built all the cabinets myself rustic but worked very well and fitted in with the rest of the cottage
Amazing video guys. Love what you are doing with the garden and kitchen. ❤️🌻
Lovely to see you mid week! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for watching! ❤️
You are starting to get the kitchen to looking good.
Another remedy for stings is a copper penny. I got stung in my garden and my neighbor heard me scream and she ran to me with a penny which I put on top of the sting and it took the pain away. I might have a copper penny around more than tobacco since I no longer smoke and have no tobacco around.
Looking more and more settled. Well done.
Thanks for your vid.😇💟💟💟 love you guys.
Is it possible to use a long stick/tool to open and shut window in kitchen? Then you will be able to leave the drop leaf counter in the up position more often. Just a thought:)
I have been using plastic bottles for my seeds too and also to place over my seed trays as mini greenhouses and take it from me as I managed to slice myself with the standing knife, using scissors is much easier, just pinch the plastic and cut a whole x
Easier/safer/quicker to drill drainage holes in plastic with a drill bit suitable for wood/metal
@@bedlam8159 that too!
So much to do and so much progress since I subscribed….. impressed! 🌀💚🌀 Side Note… the pull out boards for extra kitchen counter space when needed sounds like an excellent idea for a kitchen in a small space 😊 another side note… Sausage dog is adorable!
Your kitchens sweet , thanks for sharing :-)
For a greenhouse or grow tunnel, maybe you could use cattle panel , wire fencing, with a polythene cover I have seen some American off grid homesteader’s
I'm currently trying to sort out my kitchen. I think most shop bought worktops are 60cm deep and most units are 90cm high. It's nice to build something that is bespoke to your needs :-)
Hope you have a lovely week, Happy Easter.
You are a good team.
Carisa another plant that works the same on insect stings is plantain. Not sure it in Portugal.
Use a big drill bit & drill drainage holes in the bottles. Less destruction of the bottles as it's more controlled.
Progress is good to see 👍 xx
Drill drainage holes in plastic with a drill bit suitable for wood/metal
Sand delivery! Now you can get some stone work done. The kitchen looks great! Upon researching my lack of success in the gardening department. I was told to add some coarse sand to the soil to improve drainage. With compost of course. 🙂👍👍👍👍
Always enjoy your videos
Pretty nice kitchen 🥰do you gave names for your chicken ❤❤❤they know there names believe me❤❤❤
LITTLE STEPS WILL ADD UP. LOTS OF GOOD IDEAS. HAVING YOUR OWN LAND MEANS THE TASKS NEVER STOP!!1.. LOLOL ENJOY!. ITS SNOWING IN IDAHO U.S.A. TODAY.... HAAAAAA
I would add old tile on that backsplash!
Lovely to see another vlog. who is the VIP football team. Blue or red..... I know some portuguse are extremely devoted , so if you encounter it explain if it's Liverpool, it Stanley actington ( spelling oops) ( the old milk add) or blues, whoever, that you relieved him her of their jersey. Kudos. Anyway to broach a .. how the car. On your underground visitors, nicks solution? A few years ago I came across a solution from kleeneze, cedar balls. Another one an American solution, plant some tobacco plants , work outwards on your plots, expats Portugal gardening tips gave a solution, can remember, but ask Lee. Thank you again fo being able to follow your journey
Thanks for the lovely comment Don! The team in question is red! And they’re playing Benfica (Lisbon based) tonight!
@@FrankieOffGrid Hopefully a formality tonight for LFC ⚽⚽⚽
@@bedlam8159 almost go 🦅!
Watch out for your fingers now trying to make holes..much better using a screwdriver/metal rod over fire or a soldering iron.. I hope you have abundance this year..better sow some seeds to many for more security or give away than falling short
Amazing to see a trained Longhaired Dachshund, she is lovely, I managed it with one of my Wirehaired Dachshunds but not to your level. Have you read about water glassing eggs as you have chickens so you can have fresh eggs all year round?
I think I hear a Hoopoe calling. Have you seen any?
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Another great video. Are those real crickets? I saw those sound effects in TH-cam audio lol.. There was a zombie groan too ... I may use LOL.. I look forward to your rendering the kitchen walls !!
Hopefully it’ll begin next week! And yes real crickets! Thousands of them!
Wow. Those chickens have to get to work !!! Lol 🤣😅😁😀
I know you're young but please make a big table for your potting etc.... it'll save your backs and joints
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Oes blinking autocorrect!!!!
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Your tomatoe plants should not look so wilted
Isn't that a pool?
Which bit sorry? We have a concrete reservoir that we use for a ‘pool’ in the summertime.
@@FrankieOffGrid oh yes, and then you have another one you put the greenhouse in?
No that’s the only one we have.
Your cocina is looking so nice. It is really coming along. I really like it.